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Material: Clay
Black Clay Six-Eyed Minotaur Vessel, Mexico
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Vintage Black Clay Minotaur Vessel. Mexico, circa 1980. Hand-built, wood-fired and signed.
Category
1980s Mexican Art Deco Vintage Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Small Blue & White Garden Seat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Very sweet smaller scale vibrant blue and white garden seat / side table.
Perfect next to a chair for your cocktail.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Porcelain
Pair Large Martaban Storage Jars
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a great pair of large late 19th/early 20th century Martaban storage jars. The jars are decorated with flaming dragons with Greek Key borders. Both of these jars are in very g...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Pair of Large Japanese Ceramic Shi-Shi Dog Roof Tiles, Bizen Kiln, 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of Large Japanese Ceramic Shi-Shi Dogs roof tiles, Bizen kiln, 20th c.
Bizen kiln is one of the oldest and well known kilns in Japan. This is a very unusual pose of Shi-Shi Do...
Category
20th Century Japanese Folk Art Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Vintage Blue & White Chinese Garden Seat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Striking blue and white garden seat. Very Chinoiserie in design with great attention to detail.
Category
20th Century Chinese Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Pair of Extra Large Thai Vessels
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The commanding scale of these extra large Thai vessels makes them ideal statement pieces for either indoor or outdoor use. The pots are contemporary and are cast in iconic old world ...
Category
1990s Thai Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Antique Chinese Shiwan/Shekwan Mud Man Figurine Scholar c.1900
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese hand made mud man figurine, finely crafted and hand painted, of a standing elderly scholar dressed in a blue robe, holding a large lobed gourd in the palm of one hand...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Chinese Ming Dynasty Martaban Jar
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Chinese Ming Dynasty 1368 - 1644 Martaban Jar . Dates to the early Ming period .
High neck and wide shoulders , brown slip glaze , unglazed base , loop-handles. rolled lipped rim ty...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Large Pair of Mid-Century Foo Dogs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Unique pair of large mid-century Chinese Foo Dogs in a shade of green and cream.
Category
20th Century Chinese Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Vintage Chinese Orange & White Garden Seat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage orange, white & gold garden seat. Overall pattern of leaves and flowers.
Category
20th Century Chinese Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Japanese Ceramic Water Dropper, Folded Paper Design
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Japanese Ceramic Water Dropper, Folded Water Design
A water dropper is used in calligraphy as a small container to hold a small amount of water to make ink for calligraphy.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Clay Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Two Laotian Clay Water Vessels (Nam Ton), Beaker & Kendi, 19th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Two Laotian Clay Water Vessels (Nam Ton), Beaker & Kendi, 19th century. The coil built low fired clay shapes are squat globular bodies with tall handle-like necks. One is a tall beak...
Category
19th Century Laotian Tribal Antique Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Javanese Clay Terracotta Piggy Bank from the Majapahit Kingdom (1292-1520)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
The first money-depositing object in the shape of a pig emerged in Java, Indonesia in the 14th century with the introduction of coins from China. Javanese Boars (Celeng)in the Majapa...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Other Antique Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Western Han Painted Grey Earthenware Standing Female Tomb Figure
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese Painted Grey Earthenware Standing Female Tomb Figure, Western Han Dynasty.
The tall slender court lady stands with knees and elbows slightly bent to reveal the hands, now lost with sockets remaining. The detachable rounded head has a delicately modeled face with small features and painted accents. The neck serves as an extended plug into the neckline of the hollow body ata slight cant as if eyes are downcast and bowing. The hair full at the hairline in form and painted black continuing on the back of the body on center to the waist. The body form of draped layers of long robes, crossing left over right over sloping shoulders with a stiff collar, deep full sleeves tied with a sash low on the waist and trumpet flared at the base, all outlined in red, white and black pigments. Custom black silk storage box in Chinese hinged lid style.
Weight: 15.5 lbs.
Western Han Dynasty 206 B.C. - A.D. 9
Thermoluminescence testing of head and body with Bortolot Daybreak Corporation, Guilford, CT, 1989 sample #379A1. Date of firing 2300 +/- 600 years ago.
Provenance:
Upon Request
For similar examples see:
Oriental Ceramics, The World’s Great Collections, The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Vol. 9, 1975, pl. 8 & 9.
Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Vol. 1, 1976 p.53, pl.123
Sotheby’s New York, The Bernat Collection, November 1980, lot # 19. With hands covered and folded in front of the figure.
Yutaka Mino and James Robinson, Beauty and Tranquility: The Eli Lilly...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Tang Style Sencai Glazed Funerary or Tomb Pottery, Hunter on Horse with Dog
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
This rare sencai glazed man on a horse is a stunning example of funerary pottery figures used as spirit objects or Mingqi in Chinese burial tombs for millennia. This Tang style horse, rider, and dog appear to be a hunting trio--possibly representing the provision of ample game and sustenance for the deceased in the afterlife. The facial expressions of the hunter and dog...
Category
20th Century Chinese Tang Clay Ceramics
Materials
Copper
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Chinese Roof Tile
Located in Houston, TX
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Chinese Roof Tile.
Our lovely antique Chinese glazed pottery or porcelain roof tile depicts a warrior ridin...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Large Pair of Chinese Foo Dogs on Plinths
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a handsome pair of vintage Chinese ceramic foo lions hand-painted in traditional green and color colors under a glaze. The figures are situated in a regal position atop an i...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Other Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Antique Chinese Hand Enamelled Earthenware Sleeve Vase Signed Ixia
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
This unique hand-enamelled earthenware sleeve vase is decorated in enamel relief of an archaistic style with clouds, flowers, leaves, and an abstract rende...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Clay Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Antique Qing Dynasty Chinese Sancai Roof Tiles
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of Qing dynasty (1636–1912) Sancai glazed ceramic figural roof tiles with rich beautifully aged patina!
Dating to the 19th century, wonderfully hand-crafted and painted, sculptural form depicting stylized fish, rising on terracotta clay arched imbrex barrel roof tile.
Dimensions: (approx)
Each; 13" High, 4.5" Wide, 9" Deep; 8.6lbs total
Condition:
Great original antique condition with heavy patina over the whole. Significant crazing - craquelure throughout that can only be acquired over long periods of time. Wear consistent with age. We have not cleaned them, leaving them as original, and retaining as much antique character as possible. If you would like them cleaned and polished please let us know after ordering them.
History:
The Fish, ? (yú) figure is believed to be a symbol of good fortune and longevity.
The Fish is one of the several natural or mythical creatures such as Foo Dogs - Guardian Lions that adorn roof edges of Chinese religious temples, official buildings and important structures. Brightly hand painted and glazed ceramic roof tiles...
Category
19th Century Asian Qing Antique Clay Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Paint
Japan hares matcha bowl
Located in PARIS, FR
Matcha bowl in clay decorated with two hare, partly glazed.
A fine contrast between the unglazed foot, which retains the raw color and rough, matt appearance of the clay, and the re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Clay Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Black with Brown Undertones Mashiko Ware Vase
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Black with Brown Undertones Mashiko Ware Vase
Mashiko Ware Vase with Black Glaze with Brown Undertones
The Clay in the Region is a pure form of Clay ri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Japanese Aqua Vase with Embedded Floral Design and Wrapped in Bamboo Weaving
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Japanese Aqua Vase with Embedded Floral Design and with Wrapped in Bamboo Weaving
Japanese small Vase with embedded Floral Design and with wrapped Bamboo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Green and Dark Brown Japanese Vase with Green Raised Glaze
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Green and Dark Brown Japanese Vase with Green Raised Glaze
This vase is lovely from every angle.
We filmed all sides as well as top and bottom.
And, we were stunned by the beau...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Otafuku, What Is Not to Love about a Smile like This ? !
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Otafuku - So, what is Not To Love About a Smile Like This ? !
Meet Otafuku ! She is known for her Generosity, Kindness, and Goodwill in Japan.
She is a mythical figure who is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
China 618-907 AD Tang Dynasty Period Pottery Offering Covered Vessel with Lotus
Located in Miami, FL
Offering vessel from the Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD).
A beautiful "offering spiritual vessel" from the Yunnan province region in the ancient China. This was created in clay earthenware pottery during the Tang Dynasty period between 618 and 907 AD. Featuring molded patterns with incised and high reliefs of geometric figures.
The design consists of the bombe baluster-shaped jug and a lid with a spherical knob, which are decorated in relief with 8 panels representing the petals of the lotus flower and linear geometric designs.
Has a combined measures including the lid of 10.25 by 7.5 inches (26..03 x 19.05 Cm).
Tang dynasty or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Tend Kingdoms period. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a the golden age of cosmopolitan culture. Tang territory, acquired through the military campaigns of its early rulers, rivaled that of the Han dynasty.
The Li family founded the dynasty, seizing power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire and inaugurating a period of progress and stability in the first half of the dynasty's rule. The dynasty was formally interrupted during 690–705 when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne, proclaiming the Wu Zhou dynasty...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Earthenware, Pottery
Mashiko Ware Vase
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A beautiful Mashiko Ware Vase with a deep brown, rust and black design.
The clay in the Mashiko region is a pure from of clay in silicon acid and iron which produces the wonderful deep color combined with a fabulous glaze.
Mashiko Pottery...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Chinese Yixing Red Clay Teapot Poems & Bamboo Leaves Seal Mark, C 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese handcrafted Red Clay Yixing teapot and cover, which we date to the 20th century, circa 1930.
The Teapot and lid are handcrafted in a...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
Chinese Head Doll, Early 20th C
Located in Stockholm, SE
A charming head doll made of painted clay depicting a young boy. Below the doll is a note in Swedish that it was given as cristmas-present in 1925.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Pair Chinese Export Green Parrots
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a late 19th century pair of the iconic Chinese "Green Parrots". The pair is in good condition considering its more than 100 years of use. This pai...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Taoist Yixing Zisha Clay 'Scholar' Figure, Cold Painted, China, 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Taoist Yixing Zisha clay 'priest or scholar' figure - cold painted - good detail - unsigned - China - 20th century.
Good vintage condition - chips and ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Paint
Ceramic tray from the Soshiro Ainu collection
By SoShiro
Located in London, GB
The white ceramic tray or English salver from SoShiro’s Ainu collection, a collaboration between award-winning artist Toru Kaizawa and Shiro Muchiri...
Category
2010s Italian International Style Clay Ceramics
Materials
Kaolin, Clay, Ceramic
Matcha bowl in ceramic from the SoShiro Ainu collection
By SoShiro
Located in London, GB
The matcha bowl from SoShiro’s Ainu collection, a collaboration between award-winning artist Toru Kaizawa and Shiro Muchiri, is the perfect ceramic tea war...
Category
2010s Italian International Style Clay Ceramics
Materials
Kaolin, Clay, Ceramic
Japanese Raku Blue and Grey Ceramic Vase Stamped with Monogram
Located in Kastrup, DK
Japanese artist.
Raku-fired ceramic vase.
Glaze in shades of blue and gray.
Stamped with monogram at the bottom.
A beautiful and decorative vase.
Japan, 1930-1950.
Year: 1930...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Modern Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Charger Attributed to Shoji Hamada On Contemporary Stand
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Stamford, CT
Shoji Hamada Japanese clay charger with black glaze and terracotta toned glazed decoration, circa 1960s. On contemporary stand. The piece is unsigned and as such cannot definitively ...
Category
1950s Japanese Folk Art Vintage Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Chinese Clay-Sculpture, 18th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
A fine painted clay-sculpture depicting an old man, 19th century.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Asian Clay Vase Table Lamp
Located in NYC, NY
An original Asian clay container made into a table lamp. The vase has a basket weave motif throughout and has two big black crabs and a small black conch as ornaments. There is an un...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Anglo-Japanese Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Rustic Tibetan Covered Pitcher
Located in New York, NY
A simple clay covered pitcher from Tibet, circa 1920.
CR384.
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Clay Ceramics
Materials
Clay
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