A good pottery amphora
(xiao kou jiandi ping)
Neolithic period, Yangshao culture,
4th or 3rd millennium BC
Height: 19 in, 48.2 cm

of circular section and long, tapering form, with a flared neck, pointed tip and two loop handles at the shoulder.

A fine pottery tripod jug (gui )
Dawenkou culture, circa 2800–2500 BC
Height: 10 in, 25.4 cm

made of sandy “white” pottery, the globular vessel is supported on three hollow, conical legs

A fine pottery tripod jar (li )
Lower Xiajiadian culture,
circa 2000–1500 BC
Height: 11 in, 28 cm

rising from three partly hollowed, slender, udder-shaped legs,

A pottery model of a guard dog
Eastern Han dynasty
Length: 16 1/2 in, 42 cm

made with a separate head.

A good glazed pottery candlestick
Eastern Han dynasty
Height: 16 3/4 in, 40 cm

modelled in the form of a bear squatting on a spreading base

A rare sancai-glazed phoenix-head pottery ewer (fengshouhu)
Tang dynasty
Height: 11 in, 28 cm

the pear-shaped body is supported on a spreading, flat foot

An unusual glazed stoneware jar
Tang dynasty, 7th or early 8th century
Height: 6 1/8 in, 15.5 cm

supported on a spreading, solid foot with a bevelled edge

A rare black-glazed pottery jar
Tang dynasty, 7th or early 8th century
Height: 6 3/4 in, 17.1 cm

the well-rounded, ovoid body rises from a spreading, flat base

A white stoneware ewer
Tang dynasty
Height: 7 1/4 in, 18.4 cm

supported on a tapering, flat foot, the sides gently round to a cylindrical body

A good glazed stoneware ewer
Tang dynasty, 8th or 9th century
Height: 7 1/8 in, 18.1 cm

the globular body stands on a spreading, flat foot with a bevelled edge

A rare glazed pottery amphora
(shuanglongzun)
Tang dynasty
Height: 19 in, 48.2 cm

supported on a spreading, flat foot, the well-rounded, ovoid body rises to a knopped neck and terminates in a cup-shaped mouth

A good painted pottery figure of
a male musician
Tang dynasty
Height: 7 1/4 in, 18.5 cm

playing a pipa; he sits cross-legged on a shaped pottery base.

A pair of fine painted pottery figures
Early Tang dynasty
Height: 13 5/8 and 13 7/8 in, 34.6 and 35.3 cm

of two male courtiers standing in respectful postures

A set of six fine and rare painted pottery female musicians
Tang dynasty
Height: 5 1/2 to 5 7/8 in, 14 to 15 cm

the plump, attractive young women are seated on shaped pottery bases

A very rare stoneware jar
10th/11th centuries
Height: 7 5/8 in, 20 cm

the sides flare steeply from a flat base, turn sharply inwards at the shoulder and
terminate in a wide, rolled lip

A fine Yaozhou ware celadon dish
Northern Song or Jin dynasty
Diameter: 1/4 in, 15.8 cm

with shallow sides rising from a short, straight foot

A fine, small Yaozhou ware celadon bowl
Northern Song dynasty
Diameter: 4 5/8 in, 11.8 cm

rising from a short, slightly spreading foot, the sides flare outwards and are gently rounded

A very fine Dingyao bowl
Northern Song dynasty
Diameter: 7 3/4 in, 19.8 cm

the slightly rounded sides flare from a short, straight foot and terminate in an everted mouth with six shallow lobes

A fine and rare Dingyao bowl and cover
Northern Song dynasty
Diameter of cover: 3 1/2 in, 8.9 cm

the U-shaped vessel is supported on a short, tapering foot

A fine and rare qingbai covered ewer
Song dynasty
Height: 3 3/4 in, 9.5 cm

of broad circular section. The slightly rounded sides rise from a very short foot ring to a tapered neck

An unusual qingbai vase and cover
Song dynasty
Height: 6 1/8 in, 15.5 cm

of eight-lobed, circular section

A very fine qingbai shallow bowl
Song dynasty
Diameter: 6 3/4 in, 17.2 cm

rising from a short, straight foot ring, the thinly potted sides gently round then flare outwards

A fine qingbai conical bowl
Southern Song dynasty
Diameter: 8 1/8 in, 20.6 cm

the thinly potted, steeply flared sides rise from a small, slightly tapering ring foot

A fine Cizhou ware bottle
Jin dynasty
Height: 11 3/8 in, 28.7 cm

supported on a slightly spreading foot with a bevelled edge, the well-rounded, pear-shaped body rises to a long, slender neck

A very fine Northern blackware sgraffiato stoneware jar
Xixia or Jin dynasty
Height: 3 1/4 in, 8.2 cm

rising from a recessed, convex base, the well-rounded sides have sloping shoulders and terminate in a thickened rim around the wide mouth

A pair of tileworks miniature
horseshoe-back armchairs
Ming dynasty
Height: 6 3/4 in, 17.1 cm

the gracefully curved backs end in
exaggerated scrolls and are supported by curved splats

An unusual, large ovoid stoneware jar
Early Ming dynasty
Height: 20 5/8 in, 52.5 cm

the sides flare from a flat base to a broad shoulder, turn inwards to a tapering neck and terminate in an everted rim

A good Longquan celadon bowl
Yuan to early Ming dynasty, 14th century
Diameter: 12 1/2 in, 31.8 cm

standing on three legs in the form of
monster masks with broad noses

A good, large Longquan celadon dish
Ming dynasty, 15th century
Diameter: 17 3/4 in, 45.3 cm

heavily potted, the ribbed sides flare from a short foot ring and terminate in a thickened, bracketed rim

The Riesco white-glazed Hongzhi porcelain bowl
Hongzhi mark and period
Diameter: 8 in, 20.2 cm

supported on a slightly tapering foot, the rounded sides of the bowl gently evert at the rim

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A very fine, imperial porcelain brush rest
Zhengde mark and period
Length: 8 in, 20.2 cm

thickly potted in the form of a range of five mountain peaks on a waisted base

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A fine and rare porcelain censer
Zhengde period
Diameter: 9 3/4 in, 24.8 cm

supported on three shaped feet, the heavily potted, slightly flaring, cylindrical vessel terminates in a thickened rim

A good porcelain double-gourd bottle vase
Late 16th century
Height: 10 1/8 in, 25.7 cm

rising from a recessed base and with a tapered neck

A very fine and rare, massive porcelain bowl
Jiajing mark and period
Diameter: 29 1/4 in, 74.2 cm

from a slightly recessed base, the gently rounded sides flare steeply to a waisted mouth

A very fine porcelain brush pot (bitong)
Chongzhen period
Height: 6 1/4 in, 15.7 cm

of very slightly waisted form and standing on a bevelled, unglazed foot

A fine porcelain vase
Chongzhen period
Height: 5 3/8 in, 13.6 cm

of elegant, ovoid form and supported on a straight foot ring

A fine blanc-de-Chine beaker vase (gu)
Early to mid-17th century
Height: 10 1/2 in, 26.8 cm

inspired by archaic bronze vessels of the Shang dynasty

A very rare famille-verte decorated
blanc-de-Chine dish
17th century
Diameter: 11 1/8 in, 28.3 cm

with gently rounded sides terminating in an upright rim

A pair of magnificent, large porcelain vases and covers
Kangxi period
Height: 31 1/2 and 32 in, 80 and 81.3 cm

the oviform vessels have well-rounded
sides rising from slightly recessed bases to
waisted necks and terminating in thickened rims

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A fine and large porcelain fish bowl
Qianlong period
Diameter: 25 1/2 in, 65 cm

the well-rounded sides rise from a recessed foot and terminate in a thickened, waisted, rolled lip

A fine, ruby-backed eggshell porcelain dish
Yongzheng period
Diameter: 6 1/4 in, 15.9 cm

painted in the famille-rose palette with a lady and a boy

An unusual white-glazed porcelain vase (meiping)
Yongzheng period
Height: 8 5/8 in, 22 cm

with a short, wide, lipped mouth, broad shoulders and an elegantly tapered body on a slightly spreading foot

A fine and rare turquoise-glazed
porcelain vase
18th century
Height: 10 3/4 in, 24.8 cm

supported on a spreading foot, the
rectangular-section vessel flares steeply upwards