I think this may be a brush washer with a 川陶 (Sichuan pottery) seal. The piece certainly cannot be the rare Sichuan from the Han or Tang...
Would like very much to learn about this fellow. I think the clue is in his headwrap which seems unusual and has been hard to find a match for....
Trying to understand the event or storyline the potter was trying to show on this 1920 Shiwan vase. I do not know if understanding it means...
Does anyone recognize the story being told here for this Shiwan piece ? [img] [img] [img]
Some of you are very good with interpreting themes and scenes, I would like to ask what symbolic meaning or parable the potter is trying to tell...
Can someone ID this for me.. 9" across. I am guessing this is an export piece.. I can't make heads or tails of the mark.. Maybe Republic period ?...
5" saucer or dish ? I found one of the marks in a book with this description : "Shiwan, An Le Street, Yu Zhan made", "Ji Di" and "Made In China"...
Been a long time since have shared anything with the forum.. Sharing this 9 1/4" tall celadon glazed shiwan figure who I believe is Cao Guojiu,...
This looks very much like his style of ceramic horses. Any chance someone here is familiar with his work, specifically his horses ? [img]...
Can anyone make heads or tails of this Chinese mark. Sorry the pics are so blurry. I do not have this in hand yet to take good pics. [img] [img]
Gaungxu mark, but thinking first quarter 20th ? 5" diameter.. [IMG] [IMG]
Just to share. Enjoy ! Burmese / Burma / Myanmar, Konbaung Dynasty (1752 to 1885) Ceremonial Bronze Elephant. 4 1/4" long. Most likely 19th...
Just to share... Northern Song Cizhou kiln, flask or jarlet. Brown slip over white slip beneath a clear overglaze. Liao to Jin dynasty, 10th to...
Just to share.. Seto Chaire Katatsuki ( shouldered jar ) Thick Body Edo Period 17th - 18th Century. Takatori Kiln Dark Brown Glaze Exterior...
Just to share.. Reverse painted picture on 9" x 12 1/4" glass showing three young Japanese ladies in kimono garments from the Meiji period...
Just to share... Edo Period, Mid 19th Japanese Imari Sometsuke, stenciled blue porcelain plate with bulls eye base and unglazed foot, 8 1/4"....
I believe this possibly a copper libation bowl / dish, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 500 to 330 BCE. Heavily oxidized and measures 6" x 1" with...
Just want to say hello .. Stumbled onto this forum because of a snuff bottle post.. I have some good experience with them, but have recently...
I originally thought it possible Chinese.. Maybe Han or Tang sancai.. But apparently it is not.. The interior runs up and down with half of it...
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