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Style: Han
Large Painting of a Japanese Scene After the Tale of Genji
Located in Pasadena, CA
This painting is an illustration of the classic Japanese novel, "The Tale of Genji," written by Murasaki Shikibu. It captures the aristocratic atmosp...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Paper, Paint
Important Chinese Ancient Bronze Money Tree, 25BC-220AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, Ancient Bronze “Money Tree” Yaoqian Shu with original pottery base, Han dynasty (25 BCE – 220 CE)
Dimensions: 155cm, 62 inches high
A sculpted terracotta pottery base in the form of a tortoise with attendants and inserted with five individual bronze pole segments with twenty four individual hanging bronze open work money “branches” attached in tiers, four per tier and topped with a figure of a bronze phoenix as apex most bearing varying degrees of malachite and azurite encrustation from ancient burial.
Important Description Details:
Pottery "tortoise" base: 14.5" high and 11" wide
Bronze sections:
7pcs pole bronze sections approximately 8" length each
1pc top "phoenix" bronze section approximately 7" high and 6" wide
20 pcs long bronze hanging wings approximately 10" long and 5" wide each
4 pcs short bronze hanging wings (near top) approximately 7" long and 4" wide each
Total 32 pcs with ancient green and blue azurite patina.
Catalog reference: Schneible Fine arts catalog - 35 Years Collecting Treasures- Number 11p. 28 (see photos)
Provenance: Provenance: Private family collection formerly exhibited “Asia Week” New York City, Fuller Building, Zabriskie Gallery, 2008.
History of money trees:
In the late Han Dynasty tombs...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Han Dynasty Green Glazed Archers Watch Tower Oxford TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Monumental Pottery Watch Tower in Green Glaze; Han Dynasty (2016 BC -AD 220)
Earthenware three-storied pavilion from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Each of the...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Han Dynasty Earthenware Vase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Han Dynasty Earthenware Vase
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Single HAN Style Lamp with Belgian Linen Shade
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful unglazed Han dynasty style vase of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp - EU WIRED. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint.
The vase is from Z...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Pair of HAN Style Lamps with Belgian Linen Shades
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful pair of unglazed Han dynasty style vases of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp - US WIRED. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint.
The vase ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
A Grey Pottery Figure of Boar(Wild Pig), Han Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This piece is an ancient terracotta animal sculpture in the form of a pig, rendered in a simple yet vivid manner. The pig stands firmly on four stout legs, with a short and solidly m...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Horse Head
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Horse Head. Crisply modelled with sharp features, including a gaping mouth, nostrils, eyes, ears and an alert exp...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Archaic Bronze Hu and Cover, Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), China
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic Chinese Han Dynasty archaic bronze ritual wine vessel, hu, and cover, ex. Michael Goedhuis, Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), China.
The archaic ritual bronze hu of typical...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of HAN Style Lamps with Belgian Linen Shades
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful pair of unglazed Han dynasty style vases of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp - US WIRED. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint.
The vase is from Zhejiang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Single HAN Style Lamp with Belgian Linen Shade
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful unglazed Han dynasty style vase of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp - US WIRED. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint.
The vase is from Z...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Single HAN Style Lamp with Belgian Linen Shade
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful unglazed Han dynasty style vase of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp - US WIRED. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint.
The vase is from Z...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Single HAN Style Lamp with Belgian Linen Shade
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful unglazed Han dynasty style vase of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp - US WIRED. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint.
The vase is from Z...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Massive Chinese Han Dynasty Sichuan Terracotta Pottery Horse, Oxford TL Tested
Located in Greenwich, CT
A massive Chinese Han dynasty Sichuan terracotta pottery figure of a horse
Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Powerfully modelled in a pose of alert attention, its strong neck and head po...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Vintage Bronze Han Style Table Lamp Wired for the Us on Wooden Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Han style bronze table lamp from the mid-20th century, with circular body, wired for the US. Created in Thailand during the mid-century period, this Han style vase...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Han Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Han Dynasty Earthenware Cocoon Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese Han Dynasty earthenware cocoon jar
Cocoon jars or Cocoon-shaped jars are funerary pottery vessels in China, belonging to the period of...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Korean Two Part Elm Chest Each Finished off with Brass Adornments
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th century korean two part elm chest each finished off with brass adornments on a sleigh base.
Composed of two parts
Additional dimensions
Measures: Height: 92cm I width...
Category
19th Century Korean Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Brass
Ancient China Monumental Stone Ram Han Dynasty, 206BC-220AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a large votive model of a stone ram, Han dynasty (206BC-220AD)
Dimensions: 45cm, 18 inches high and 65cm, 26 inches length and 25cm, 10 inches wi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Limestone
A Gray Pottery Figure of a Horse, Han Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This particular horse sculpture exemplifies the typical pose of Han-period equine figures—a neighing steed with its mouth wide open. Like many tomb sculptures of the era, it is crafted in unglazed, with its ears, tail, and legs separately fabricated in wood or clay and slotted into pre-prepared holes. However, several distinguishing features elevate this piece beyond standard Han horse...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Earthenware Pottery Jar, Han Dynasty(206 BC-220 AD)
Located in seoul, KR
This jar would have served as a mortuary object (mingqi), placed in a tomb as a substitute for the more valuable bronze and lacquer vessels. Along with a variety of other funerary earthenware objects, attendant figures, and animals, richly decorated vessels of this kind were intended to serve the spirit of the deceased in the afterlife.
Period : Han dynasty
Type : Jar
Medium : Earthenware
Dimension : 28.5 cm(Height) x 11cm(Mouth Diameter)
Condition : Good(Overall in well-preserved ancient burial condition with some soil still adhering (showing minor abrasions and wear due to prolonged burial underground)
Provenance : Acquired in late 1990s from Hongkong
* Han Dynasty Earthenware...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Single HAN Style Lamp with Belgian Linen Shade
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful unglazed Han dynasty style vase of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp - US WIRED. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint.
The vase is from Z...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Important Chinese Ancient Bronze Money Tree, 25BC-220AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, Ancient Bronze “Money Tree” Yaoqian Shu with original pottery base, Han dynasty (25 BCE – 220 CE)
Dimensions: 155cm, 62 inches high
A sculpted terracotta pottery base in the form of a tortoise with attendants and inserted with five individual bronze pole segments with twenty four individual hanging bronze open work money “branches” attached in tiers, four per tier and topped with a figure of a bronze phoenix as apex most bearing varying degrees of malachite and azurite encrustation from ancient burial.
Important Description Details:
Pottery "tortoise" base: 14.5" high and 11" wide
Bronze sections:
7pcs pole bronze sections approximately 8" length each
1pc top "phoenix" bronze section approximately 7" high and 6" wide
20 pcs long bronze hanging wings approximately 10" long and 5" wide each
4 pcs short bronze hanging wings (near top) approximately 7" long and 4" wide each
Total 32 pcs with ancient green and blue azurite patina.
Catalog reference: Schneible Fine arts catalog - 35 Years Collecting Treasures- Number 11p. 28 (see photos)
Provenance: Provenance: Private family collection formerly exhibited “Asia Week” New York City, Fuller Building, Zabriskie Gallery, 2008.
History of money trees:
In the late Han Dynasty tombs...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Gate Pillar, Han Dynasty(206BC-220AD)
Located in seoul, KR
The Han Dynasty gate pillar held by the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and this gate pillar are the only known examples of their type worldwide, highlighting its extraordinary rar...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Single HAN Style Lamp with Belgian Linen Shade
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful unglazed Han dynasty style vase of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp - US WIRED. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint.
The vase is from Z...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Northern Wei Dynasty Terracotta Horses, TL Tested, '386 AD-535 AD'
Located in Miami, FL
A massive pottery pair of horses standing on all fours and striding with its right hoof forward. Extended snout ends in parted lips showing teeth beneath in a braying attitude. Low relief bridle on face and well defined eyes. Raised mane down back of the neck
A fantastic example of the Wei dynasty horses.
Large, exquisite walking Ferghana horses with great attention paid to anatomical detail were the choice of the wealthy. The horse was second only in importance to the dragon. It was supposed to possess magical powers which the early Chinese were eager to explore. It would be the horse that would carry the deceased to the next life and it would be the amount of horses that an individual owned that would guarantee his ongoing status in the hereafter.
Thermoluminescence certificate from Madrid Labs included.
In southern China, people turned to Daoism, and mingqi, as well as above-ground sculptures, became ever more infused with animal iconography and energized with dynamic lines.
The north of China was eventually united by nomadic Tuoba invaders who founded the Northern Wei dynasty...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of HAN Style Lamps with Handmade Belgian Linen Shades
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful pair of unglazed Han dynasty style vases of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint. Shade handmade in Bel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Pair Sandstone Horses Large Garden Animal Statue
Located in Somis, CA
A pair of hand carved, large solid stone horse statues. The recumbent horses are crafted with two legs tucked under the body and tail flicked to o...
Category
20th Century Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Sandstone
19th Century Korean Two Part Elm Chest Each Finished off with Brass Adornments
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th century korean two part elm chest each finished off with brass adornments on a sleigh base.
Composed of two parts
Additional dimensions
Measures: Height: 92cm I width...
Category
19th Century Korean Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Brass
Funerary Model of a Granary, Han dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
Cylindrical vessel on three animal-shaped feet (dragon or snake), wall with profile grooves, roof. pottery with green lead glaze. "Iridescence" is observed in surface.
Period : Han...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Han Dynasty pottery Horses and Equestrian Riders
Located in Dallas, TX
A wonderful pair of Ex Sotheby’s painted Polychrome equestrian horse and riders made from gray pottery, presents beautifully and guaranteed authentic with provenance and COA.
Measures: Height 11.5 inches and width 11 inches
Condition: Possible professional restorations but not detectable.
Provenance: Sotheby’s London. 16th November, 1999. Lot 12 (2 of 4 horsed in that lot)
Sotheby’s New York, NY September 14, 2019.
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The importance of the horse in the history and culture of China can be viewed, in part, through the artistic legacy of this great civilization. In sculpture, painting, and literature, horses were glorified and revered. Horses were believed to be related to mythological dragons, reflecting their sacred status within society. During the unification of China under the Han Dynasty, bands of mounted nomadic warriors from the north threatened the country. In order to thwart their attacks, the Chinese sought to import stronger, faster steeds from Central Asia (as opposed to the Mongol ponies used by the invaders), eventually leading to the creation of the Silk Road. This small sculpture of a mounted soldier reveals the crucial military role of the horse. When compared to the diminutive stature of the rider, the importance of the horse becomes readily apparent. This creature provided security and strength, allowing the empire to secure its borders and expand its influences across Central Asia. The magnificent regalia of the horse, including a brilliantly painted saddle in red and green/gold, reflect the respect this animal received. The warrior as well is gorgeously decorated with a painted red tunic and gray chest...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Han Dynasty Pottery Mythical Bixie Beast TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
A Large Chinese Pottery Mythical Creature Figure from the Han Dynasty
China. Western Han Dynasty Circa 25 - 220
TL tested estimated age 1800 years old (+/- 200) by Artemis Testing ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Han Dynasty Earthenware Cocoon Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese Han Dynasty earthenware cocoon jar
Cocoon jars or Cocoon-shaped jars are funerary pottery vessels in China, belonging to the period of...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Hu vase with green glaze, Han Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
It is made from a fairly high-fired reddish pottery and coated in a particularly attractive glossy thick streaky green and finely-crackled glaze, the colour of which varies according...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Bronze Recumbent Horse Han Style with Gilded Saddle
Located in Somis, CA
A twentieth century Han dynasty style bronze recumbent horse with three legs tucked under the body and head slightly turned. The well incised mane gath...
Category
20th Century Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Han Dynasty Terra-cotta Court Lady Figure TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Huge Han Dynasty Terracotta figure Of A Court Lady. TL Test conducted by Ralf Kotalla Laboratory in Germany. Report included.
Height: 29...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Ancient China Monumental Stone Ram Han Dynasty, 206BC-220AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a large votive model of a stone ram, Han dynasty (206BC-220AD)
Dimensions: 45cm, 18 inches high and 65cm, 26 inches length and 25cm, 10 inches wi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Pair of Terracotta Han Guards in Polychrome Paint China Han-Dynastie, TL Tested
Located in Salzburg, AT
Pair of terracotta Han guardsmen in polychrome paint China TL tested
Pair of rare standing male terracotta sculptures/warriors of the Chinese Han dynasty from the 2nd century BC.
W...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Acrylic, Terracotta
Chinese Dian Culture Large Gold Cuff, circa 2nd Century BC, Southern China
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive solid high karat gold cuff from the Dian Kingdom, circa 2nd century BC, modern day Yunnan Province, China.
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This striking cuff is crafted from hand hammered ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Gold
Large Chinese Han Dynasty Unglazed Vase with Taotie Masks Mounted as Table Lamp
Located in Wichita, KS
A Chinese Han Dynasty large unglazed terracotta jar, 'Hu,' with Taotie masks that has been mounted as a table lamp. Unglazed pottery like this dates to the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Terracotta, Ceramic
Antique Terracotta Chinese Figures Statues
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique terracotta figures Han style from my private collection: collected about 35 years ago and never exibited to the public.
One is very ancient, the other one is more recent. The prices are different, but an expert can understand the value. A certificate Oxford test would be needed: I don't have it, so I'm accepting offers: I want to close my activities and I have a beautiful Chinese collection, see the other ones published under my name enrica pasino.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Tang Dynasty Mingqi Earth Spirit Tomb Guardians TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese, Tang Dynasty (618 AD to 906 AD) TL tested
A pair of semi-human earth spirit figures seated on their haunches with cloven hooves planted firmly on...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Grey Tripod Granary Jar, Han dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The vessel consists of a rounded cylindrical body, a gently curved upper section, and a small circular opening, suggesting that it was used for storing grain or valuable goods.
Thre...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Han Dynasty Earthenware Cocoon Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese Han Dynasty earthenware cocoon jar
Cocoon jars or Cocoon-shaped jars are funerary pottery vessels in China, belonging to the period of...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Large Pottery Standing Figure of Attendant, Han dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The statuette shows traces of the original red, black, and white pigmentation. The figure’s body, head, and hands (which in this case are lost) were all made separately to give her an essence of movement and dynamism. Given its almost identical shape to the piece from the Artemis Gallery...
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15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Han Dynasty Green Glazed Archers Watch Tower Oxford TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Monumental Pottery Watch Tower in Green Glaze; Han Dynasty (2016 BC -AD 220)
Earthenware three-storied pavilion from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Each of the...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Bronze Flute Shaped Han Dynasty Ceremonial Vessel
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage lost-wax bronze Han Dynasty ceremonial wine goblet from the mid 20th century that is the perfect decorative accent piece to add to add to your vintage furniture design for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Han Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Han Dynasty Hu Green Glazed Mythical Beasts Vessel
Located in Dallas, TX
A large and decorative Chinese green-glazed pottery hu vase.
Han dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD).
The compressed globular body encircled by eight mystical beasts of monkeys, Rabbits, de...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Antique Cocoon Jar, Han period (206 BCE - 220 CE)
Located in Hønefoss, 30
An antique cocoon jar. Earthenware with hints of red color pigments. China, Han period (206 BCE - 220 CE).
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Large Han Dynasty Terra-cotta Court Lady Figure TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Huge Han Dynasty Terracotta figure Of A Court Lady. TL Test conducted by Ralf Kotalla Laboratory in Germany. Report included.
Height: 29...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Large Han Dynasty Hu Green Glazed Mythical Beasts Vessel
Located in Dallas, TX
A large and decorative Chinese green-glazed pottery hu vase.
Han dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD).
The compressed globular body encircled by eight mystical beasts of monkeys, Rabbits, de...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Single HAN Style Lamp with Belgian Linen Shade
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful unglazed Han dynasty style vase of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp - US WIRED. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint.
The vase is from Z...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Large Yue Globular Stoneware Jar, Han Dynasty-Three Kingdoms
Located in seoul, KR
Robustly crafted with a voluminous spherical body and a layered mouth rim, this jar features a pair of taotie handles. It is adorned with three horizontal bands on the upper half of ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Monumental Han Dynasty Terracotta Horse - TL Tested - China, '206 BC–220 AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A massive pottery horse with separately made head and tail, standing on all fours and striding with its right hoof forward. Extended snout ends in parted lips showing teeth beneath i...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Cocoon Jar, Han period (206 BCE - 220 CE)
Located in Hønefoss, 30
An antique cocoon jar. Earthenware with hints of red color pigments. China, Han period (206 BCE - 220 CE).
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Han Dynasty, Laying Doe Wood Sculpture, China 100AD
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb sculpture of a laying doe from the Chinese Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD). Remainders of polychromic paint, namely red, symbol of good fortune and joy as well as the season of summer, and green, symbol of vigor and vitality and the season of spring. Mounted on base.
A similar sculpture in bronze is kept at the Met Museum with the following description " A low bed, small table, and screen were often the only furnishings in a Han-dynasty room. The floors were generally covered with mats kept in place with weights in the shape of single animals, fighting beasts, or entertainers."
Condition seen in pictures.
Dimensions in cm ( H x L x l ) :
- Sculpture : 35 x 40 x 10
- With base : 45.5 x 44 x 15
The Han Dynasty ruled China from 206 B.C. to 220 A.D. and was the second imperial dynasty of China. It is known for its promotion of Confucianism as the state religion and opening the Silk Road trade route to Europe, permanently altering the course of Chinese history. Han Dynasty art and inventions like paper still influence the world today.
From the Han Dynasty to the present, deer can be found in many materials and media—rock crystal, nephrite, ink on paper, porcelain, cloisonné enamel, jade, bamboo root, textile, bronze, etc.—alone or in groups, among trees and rocks and in various positions. They appear on everyday objects, from boxes to incense burners, incense holders, lamps, mirror holders and the droppers scholars used when they wrote. A symbol of longevity and grace in Chinese mythology, the word deer is pronounced lu, a homonym for emoluments—favors granted to officials. They therefore represent wealth, nobility and success in imperial examinations (civil service exams for selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy in Imperial China).
Deer were the faithful companions of Shu Lao, the god of longevity, and the goddess Magu. They were reputed to live long and to be the only creature able to find the mushroom of immortality, linghzhi. Although its spots are different, deer are sometimes confused or associated with stags, a Manchu hunting trophy whose antlers served to make prestigious furniture. (La Gazette Drouot, Claire Papon)
For the colours found on this piece, in Chinese culture, red symbolizes good fortune and joy. Green, symbolizes the spring when everything is brimming over with vigor and vitality.
The Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.) continued the Qin Dynasty’s use of dark colours, but incorporated red. During the earlier years, or Western Han Dynasty, ordinary people wore red while court dress was black. Shoes were red in color. The clothing worn for sacrificial rites was black edged with red. In the later Eastern Han Dynasty, red symbolized the dynasty’s “fire Virtue” and became predominant. Court dress was red. Sacrificial rites called for a red-edged white layer under robes with red socks...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Wood
Massive Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty Impressed Pottery Jar '25-220 AD'
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning and massive Chinese high fired gray pottery jar of remarkable size and girth, with impressed geometric design, Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD), ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Han Dynasty Earthenware Vase, stamped, export label
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Han Dynasty Earthenware Vase
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Han Dynasty Glazed Hill Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
Han earthenware celedon glazed hill jar
The hill jar represents the five sacred mountains which is the path between the earth and Paradise. The mountains are...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Funerary Model of a Granary, Han dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
Cylindrical vessel on three animal-shaped feet (dragon or snake), wall with profile grooves, roof. Ceramic with green transparent glaze. "Iridescence" is observed in surface.
Period...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
A Han (206BC -220AD) Glazed Hu Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a fine, heavily patinated example of a Han hu wine storage vessel, buried for the afterlife. The compressed globular body narrows to a slender waisted neck, covered with a da...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Western Han Dynasty Bronze Garlic Head Vase, 206 BC - 25 AD
Located in Austin, TX
A rare and attractive Chinese bronze "garlic head" vase with an encrusted patina, Western Han Dynasty, 206 BC - 25 AD, China.
Of classic form, the bronze vase is set on a short, s...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Han Dynasty Pottery Horse and Rider
Located in Dallas, TX
Han Dynasty painted pottery horse and rider
A Chinese Han Dynasty painted pottery horse & rider. Made from grey pottery and cold-painted in white, red and black pigments. The rider dressed as a warrior and in the pose of holding reins for the horse. Comes with a custom sturdy lucite stand.
Measures: Height: 13.5 inches (33cm).
Length: 13 inches
Depth: 5 inches
Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 220).
Condition: Very good with past restoration to legs.
The great influence of the horse throughout the history of China can...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Depiction of a Head, Han Dynasty period (206 BCE - 220 CE)
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Depiction of a Head, China. Han period (206 BCE - 220 CE). Earthenware with traces of cold painting in black and white.
PROVENANCE
Johanne Huitfeldt's (1932-2023) collection of Asia...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Han Dynasty Glazed Hill Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
Han earthenware celedon glazed hill jar
The hill jar represents the five sacred mountains which is the path between the earth and Paradise. The mountains are...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Green-glazed pottery tripod 'hill' jar, Han Dynasty, 206 BC - 220 AD
Located in seoul, KR
The modelled animal figures and landscapes of this piece represent the Daoist ideology of the Han dynasty. The mountain-shaped lid refers to the sacred dwellings of the immortals, th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Single HAN Style Lamp with Belgian Linen Shade
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful unglazed Han dynasty style vase of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp - US WIRED. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint.
The vase is from Z...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
A Rare 'Yue' Celadon Glazed Octagonal Vase, Western Jin Dynasty (266 - 316 AD)
Located in seoul, KR
Finely potted with incurved facetted sides divided by raised ribs and set with two short lugs to the shoulder, the body rising to a short octagonal neck, the domed cover of conforming section, surrounded by an upturned rim and surmounted by a bud finial, applied overall with a celadon glaze of the period.
A related vase of this rare and charming form, in the Zhenjiang Museum, Zhenjiang, is illustrated in the Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics. Song, vol. 8, Shanghai, 1999, pl. 52. Vases of related octagonal shape were produced at the Ding kilns, in Hebei province, and the qingbai kilns in Jiangxi province; see a Ding vase in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Selection of Ding Ware. The Palace Museum’s Collection and Archaeological Excavation, Beijing, 2002, pl. 37; and a qingbai example, from the Meiyintang collection, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 3 (II), London, 2006, pl. 1590; and another carved with a floral scroll, included in the exhibition Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no. 105.
Period : Western Jin Dynasty (266 - 316 AD)
Type : Octagonal Vase
Medium : Yue celadon...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Celadon
Early Bronze Fang Hu Ritual Wine Vessel Han Dynasty
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very early, 206 BC to 220 AD, square shaped bronze fang hu bronze vessel would have functioned as a ritual container for the storage and transportation of sump...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Han Dynasty Earthenware Cocoon Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese Han Dynasty earthenware cocoon jar
Cocoon jars or Cocoon-shaped jars are funerary pottery vessels in China, belonging to the period of...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Rare Yue Celadon Chicken-Head Ewer, Jin-Southern Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
Chicken-head ewers are among the most distinct and emblematic pottery pieces from the Han (206 BC ~ AD 220) to the Tang dynasties. Their production commenced during the Jin dynasty i...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Han Dynasty Pottery Horse and Rider
Located in Dallas, TX
Han Dynasty painted pottery horse and rider
A Chinese Han Dynasty painted pottery horse & rider. Made from grey pottery and cold-painted in white, red and black pigments. The rider dressed as a warrior and in the pose of holding reins for the horse. Comes with a custom sturdy lucite stand.
Measures: Height: 13.5 inches (33cm).
Length: 13 inches
Depth: 5 inches
Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 220).
Condition: Very good with past restoration to legs.
The great influence of the horse throughout the history of China can...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Two Pottery Kneeling Figures of Attendant, Han dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The statuette shows traces of the original red, black, and white pigmentation. Ceramic statuette from the han Dynasty, depicting two court people, probably a musician. They are dress...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Han Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Korean Large Elm Wood Cabinet/Chest
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Korean large wood cabinet/chest. The cabinet has two drawers at the top with C-shaped iron handles and below it, there are 3 compartments....
Category
Early 20th Century Korean Han Furniture
Materials
Wood
Han furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Han furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, terracotta and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Han furniture made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and China pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include and Emile Gallé. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $199 and tops out at $195,000 while the average work can sell for $4,800.
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