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Style: Han
Large Chinese Painted Pottery Horse Torso, Han Dynasty, China
Located in Austin, TX
A large Chinese painted pottery figure of a horse torso, Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD).
An unusually large Chinese Han Dynasty horse torso, also sometimes referred to as a recumben...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
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Pottery
China 100 BC Han Dynasty Ancient Rare Stickman Sculpture in Earthenware Pottery
Located in Miami, FL
Standing Stickman from the Han Dynasty.
Original ancient Chinese tomb attendants sculpture of a tall, thin standing man wearing a short tunic. Beautifully crafted in grey earthenw...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
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. 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.
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Han Dynasty Stick Figure from Xian
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This Han pottery figure of a foot soldier is molded and engraved with facial details. It has been fired at high temperatures. The color pigments are painte...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Han Dynasty Horse and Rider
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Han Equestrian 12H.
This equestrian represents the standard of Western Han equestrian found in Yang Jiawan of Xian. The technique of making includes molding, engraving and cold pain...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pottery
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...
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20th Century Chinese Han Sculptures and Carvings
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Bronze
Pair of Antique Chinese Terra Cotta Figures on Lucite Bases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Terra Cotta soldier burial figurines on lucite bases. These are two well-preserved figures with some paint chipping and ware - painted whi...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Clay
Pair of Antique Stone Figures Statues Han Style
Located in Somis, CA
A pair of vintage solid stone court attendants. Of tall slender form, wearing long flowing robes flaring at the bottom with hands within wide, decorative cuffs. The realistically mod...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
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...
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20th Century Chinese Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Sandstone
Pair of Red Sculpture Han Dynasty Gray Pottery Horse Heads '206BC-220AD'
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Chinese Han dynasty horse heads
Han dynasty Style (206 BC-220 AD) earthenware gray pottery
Each approximate measures: 6 inches high. 6...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Ancient Stone Male Figure, 206 BC-220 AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a rare hand carved stone male figure from the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE).
Dimensions: 16 inches tall on its custom stand and and 6 inches wide
Condition: old patina wi...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Pair Vintage Stone Court Lady Statues 48"
Located in Somis, CA
A pair of 20th century solid stone court lady statues. The full face is with long slender eyes under arched brows flanking a strong straight nose. Hair held...
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20th Century Chinese Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
Pair of Chinese Painted Pottery Han Dynasty Horse and Riders
Located in Austin, TX
A pair of Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) painted pottery horse and riders, China.
The horses modeled standing foursquare, supporting their eque...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Hardstone Carved Mythical Beast Rhyton Vessel, 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An early 20th century Chinese Republic period carved hardstone drinking vessel, called a rhyton, in the form of a mythical pixiu.
The archaistic vessel carved in the Han Dynasty style from a single block of lavender gray nephrite and featuring a large horn-shaped cup being supported by a mythical pixiu. The pixiu carved with a nice sense of motion, head reared back, mouth open, and claws bared. The cup bearing a design of large horned taotie ogre masks on either side. The stone with areas of artificial "calcified" patination.
The pixiu is an ancient beast from...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Jade
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...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
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Pottery Figure Seductress & Dancer Lady, Han Style Terracotta
Located in Miami, FL
A fantastic Han style terracotta figure. Such a figure is seen in the Han dynasty dating 206 BC-220 AD. The figure is of an alluring girl who is in a showing his suit. She has a full...
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Materials
Terracotta
Elegant Han Dynasty Terracotta Warrior - China '206 BC - 220 AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Impressive terracotta warrior representing a banner bearer gripping a wooden staff with his hands (dematerialized through the ages); his gaze is ser...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
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...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Figure of a Standing Woman
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Chinese Han Dynasty pottery figure of a standing woman, elegant and finely sculpted statue, Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD.
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Large, Han-Style Horse Sculpture
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Grand, crème glazed terracotta, Han-style, braying stallion sculpture.
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1980s Chinese Vintage Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Tomb Lady in Waiting Figurine Han Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
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...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pottery
China Ancient Stone Entertainer, Han Dynasty 200 AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
China an ancient limestone figure of an Entertainer replete with hands holding tambourines and a top a drum, -for the afterlife- , Han dynasty 206 BC...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Figure of a Standing Man
Located in Greenwich, CT
Chinese Han Dynasty pottery figure of a standing man, an elegant and finely sculpted statue, Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD.
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Eastern Han Dynasty Terracotta Model of a Paper Mill , China '206BC - 220AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Slab pottery constructed Model of a Paper Mill, in Green and Cream Color Glazed Terracotta having a peaked roof – open walled form with a mechanical pounder and a large round storage container. Light blue-green mottled glazed surface with some iridescence patina to the glaze. The Iridescence is a refraction of the layers on the glass that produces multicolor hues & metallic luster, and only develops after one thousand years of being buried in the ground. An unquestionable mark of antiquity, impossible to falsify.
Han Dynasty, dated 206 B.C-220 A.D.
Condition: Excellent, wear commensurate with age, an unusual example.
This fantastic piece is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Sculptural effigies of domesticated animals were often interred in the tombs of nobility and elite members of the social hierarchy. Models like this one were made to represent everything from simple goat or pig pens to the most elaborate towers and palaces. Because very few ancient Chinese buildings have survived intact, these models, along with descriptions from ancient texts, give a good representation of what the buildings might have looked like.
Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period. For the first time in Chinese history, we have images of rural and daily life during the Han in the form of contemporary records...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Eastern Han Dynasty Terracotta Barn Workshop, China '206BC - 220AD' Ex-Museum
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Slab pottery constructed barn workshop having a peaked roof – open walled form with a mechanical pounder and a large round covered storage container. Light blue-green mottled glazed surface with some iridescence patina to the glaze.
Condition: Intact, excellent condition, an unusual example.
Provenance: The Living Torah Museum, Brooklyn; ex. Sands of Time, 2002.
Sculptural effigies of domesticated animals were often interred in the tombs of nobility and elite members of the social hierarchy. Models like this one were made to represent everything from simple goat or pig pens to the most elaborate towers and palaces. Because very few ancient Chinese buildings have survived intact, these models, along with descriptions from ancient texts, give a good representation of what the buildings might have looked like.
This fantastic piece is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period. For the first time in Chinese history, we have images of rural and daily life during the Han in the form of contemporary...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
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...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Fine, Late 20th Century, Han-Style, White Hardstone Horses
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Pair of elegant, hand-carved, white hardstone, Chinese horses with gilded details. Each outfitted with saddles, bridles and featuring braided rolled tails.
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Late 20th Century Chinese Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Other
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...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Han Dynasty Statue of Standing Guardian, Oxford TL Test Certificate
Located in Greenwich, CT
An elegant statue of standing guardian, benevolent facial expression, fine details, Han dynasty 206BC-220AD. Come with Oxford TL test certificate.
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Han Sculptures and Carvings
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Terracotta
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