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White-coated Greyware Sheep that was Mingqi from the Han Dynasty or thereabouts. White was the color of Immortality and Transformation of the Spirit

Crudely cast with two decorated panels on each side, this clearly was a provincial product. Han to 6-Dynasties period, Yunnan provenance, at 5-1/4&...

Largest of a series of bells of this distinctive style, it is extremely scarce and the Emperor (sic) of its money type. Many smaller examples of this

Covered in a Buff coating and then painted with auspicious cloud and other designs, this greyware-body wine container would have been stoppered during

A late example of this form, it is of a dark Jade material that was thickly-coated white (baked on?)....which coating then toned in the tomb and took

Four different examples of Warring States Bronze FISH MONEY, from various locations in China. An interesting part of the "Odd & Curious&qu...

Two nice examples of a shape that has been found in many stone materials, with Marble being the most frequent. Gui-shaped, the white color might have

A curious pair of Curled Baby Dragon Jade Plaques: thin, hard, and very translucent, the Jade source has not survived into the modern era. Their curi

3-1/4" tall, glazed on the upper body, it is a characteristic pot or jar to put in the tomb. Containing food as offering to the spirits or for...

Lovely small Tiger bronze money-form, that has two small loops at the back for attachment to clothing. It was worn on a shirt or jacket so a merchant

Interesting Pair of Face-type small Stone Amulets that were sewn on clothes or worn in the hair. Yunnan province and E.Zhou to Han period. The left-

Brown Jade DRAGON from the ancient State of Zhongshan - currently part of Shanxi Province. It is nicely carved and polished, with some tomb corrosion

Western Zhou Period, this Plaque features a zigzag edge, bevel-carvings and incised line designs. Such a complex piece is usually for a magic functi

Wonderful hand-made miniature beads from Very Hard Banded Agate. What the ancients "commented" about Agate is not known, but they put a l...

About 3" long and not yet "sharpened". These were a form of Bronze Bullion Money - traded for their metal and later sharpened when a...

11-1/2" of parallel marble plaques that were used as a choker. Double holed, excellent patina: organic beads (not surviving) may have gone the...

Used as a base for Money Trees, with very high auction records. Artifact published in many important museum collections….the pottery has survived whe

PAIR of quality Manchurian White Jade Rings of the Eastern ZHOU Period. Twist design, likely attached with bronze wire that did not survive. Very ha

Western ZHOU Period, this fine cremated plaque is of Lantian Jade of Shaanxi province. Broken in the center and repaired, the seam of repair has not

Thin and well-made, the material is Pale "Yellow" Jade (actually yellow-green) with brown cloudy inclusions, and of the Hongshan Jade type...