Pottery Ceramics

Unusual Chinese Longshan Black pottery vase Late 20th century. Finely handcrafted in relief in archaic style with figures and inscriptions...

An antique Chinese grain storage urn from the 19th century, with nicely weathered appearance. Born in China during the 19th century, this grain storage urn charms...

This hand sculptured, circa 1900 Chinese Shiwan pottery lamp depicts two Chinese scholars within a country landscape. Sometime in the mid-20th century t...

An antique Japanese Meiji period monochrome water jar from the 19th century. Created in Japan during the Meiji dynasty, this water jar attracts our attention with its brown monochrom...

PHDS Wikramaratna (PH) was born in Ceylon in 1916 and moved to London in 1937 where he gained a first class honours degree in Engineering. He returned to Ceylon at the outbreak of war and settled back in the UK following the war. PH gradually built up an extensive collection of Middle and Far Eastern ceramics becoming a member of the Oriental Ceramics Society in London. Several of his pieces were loaned for lectures and display and with his extensive knowledge and resource chose his pieces carefully. Over the years PH gifted many examples to museums, including The British Museum, Victoria & Albert, Ashmolean and Fitzwilliam. PH died in 2010 and our client was fortunate enough to acquire a substantial part of his collection. A fine Islamic earthenware jug of squat rounded form standing on a narrow rounded foot and potted in a light red clay decorated in green turquoise glazes with black painted floral...

A vintage northern Thai Chiang Mai blue and brown vase from the Prem collection with tapered neck and golden dripping effect. Charming our eyes wit...

On offer is a pottery figurine of lady in waiting, found in the tombs as funeral objects in Han dynasty of China. Generally known as Han tomb ladies, t...

A beautiful pottery figure, Han style, in orange and pastel colors. What's special about this piece is the figure's facial expression. She is joyful. A pale blue military style helme...

An antique Japanese brown oil jar from the early 20th century, with weathered appearance and irregular shape. Our eye is immediately drawn to the interesting shape of this Japanese o...

A Japanese Tamba Tachikui ware brown glazed water jug from the 19th century. Boasting a lovely monochrome brown color, this Japanese jug was produced in one of Japan’s six famous ancient kilns. Showcasing a circular body with narrow neck, ribbed accents and protruding lip, this 19th century Japanese Tamba ware...

A fantastic Han style terracotta figure. Such a figure is seen in the Han dynasty dating 206 BC-220 AD. This piece is one of the oldest pieces among our collections. He appears to be...

A rare and unusual antique Chinese Yixing teapot of squat rounded form with loop handle and short spout with the top formed like a plate ...

A fine pair of vintage Japanese Satsuma miniature vases. By Koshida. Each vase with a cream ground with pink wisteria flower decoration, red...

A fine antique Japanese Satsuma porcelain miniature vase. With enameled scenes to all sides and rich raised gilt highlights throughout. ...

A fine old or antique Japanese stoneware vase. In a squat vase form with ribbed decoration throughout. In the style of Bizen ware. ...