Asian Decorative Art

Two glazed pottery objectsFirst a straw-glazed pale pottery soldier, Sui Dynasty wearing soldiers robes and chest armor with one arm raised to h...

A Sichuan burnished black pottery amphora vaseHan dynastyOf pear form with a vertically incised band around the neck beneath a lozenge-shaped open...

A painted pottery model of an equestrienneTang dynastyThe young beauty peering toward the left, her hair arranged in a top knot that curls upward ...

A straw and ochre-glazed pottery saddled horseTang dynastyLooking slightly to its left, the mane swept to one of its well-modeled muscular frame a...

A group of four painted beauties on horsebackTang dynastyEach dressed alike in a shoulder scarf worn over a tunic with short belted bodice, two of...

Painted Pottery Figures of a Horse and GroomTang dynastyThe horse posed with its right leg lifted and the remaining legs attached to a low plinth,...

A cizhou figure of shoulao and deerThe seated sage wearing voluminous robes and seated with his antlered companion, a tortoise and crane at his fe...

A CIZHOU 'FLORAL' MEIPING11th/12th centuryOf slender ovoid form, with rounded shoulders tapering towards the foot, surmounted by a gently waisted ...

A Cizhou-type black glazed jar and a cover with russet-splashed decorationNorthern Song/Jin dynastyThe jar potted with an upright neck and body of...

A Cizhou-type black and russet glazed deep dishSong/Jin dynastyThickly potted with an upright rim to the curving well, a thick ring foot and a de...

Two glazed stoneware bowlsSong dynastyThe larger, a Jian ware tea bowl with a metal-mounted rim, russet 'hare's fur' markings on the blue-black g...

Two small Cizhou-type black glazed bowls with russet markingsNorthern Song/Jin dynastyThe larger bowl with straight sides that taper sharply inwa...

A molded dingyao bowlJin dynastyThinly molded, the body raised on a short and narrow foot ring, the interior of the wide curving well molded with ...

A jizhou bowlJin dynasty 11th/12th centuryThe conical bowl raised on a circular foot and covered overall with an iron-oxide glaze with brilliant s...

A Longquan celadon dishMing dynasty Thickly molded with a ribbed cavetto and a central well impressed with a chrysanthemum spray roundel, an olive...

A Zhangzhou ware charger with 'Aster' pattern1590-1610Finely decorated in raised white slip to the interior, with floral sprays along the interior...

A ko-sometsuke dishLate Ming dynastyThe shallow square-sectioned well encircled by a flat mouth rim and painted across the floor with a complex r...

A group of four blue and white export dishesLate MingIncluding three similar deep dishes, each with a chrysanthemum petal pattern molded to the th...

A transitional style blue and white bitongDecorated on the exterior with military figures in mock battle set between bands of clouds and Buddhist ...

A blue and white landscape plaquePotted in ridged fan-shape and mounted in an intricately reticulated wood frame, the graded shades of cobalt depi...

A blue and white and gilt decorated wine pot and coverChenghua mark, Kangxi periodOf ovoid form supported by a pedestal foot, the exterior with un...

A blue and white porcelain brush potOf cylindrical form with decorative bands incised to the biscuit bordering a continuous landscape scene painte...

A blue and white soft paste porcelain bowl18th centuryOf compressed globular form, painted with a trifid band along the shoulder, a wide composite...

A blue and white moon flaskRepublic periodAn homage to early Ming prototypes, consisting of a circular body supporting a cylindrical neck, the sid...

A blue and white porcelain garden seatRepublic period Of barrel form, cut with cash-patterned openings to the top and sides, painted with scrollin...

A group of twenty-one Canton blue and white export porcelains19th centuryEach painted with a landscape view and cursory borders: including a large...

A dehua trumpet mouth vaseLate Qing/Republic periodThickly potted with a flared rim to the trumpet neck, raised string bands above the globular mi...

A DEHUA FIGURE OF THE FISH BASKET GUANYINModeled with a serene face framed between a beaded tiara and an elaborate necklace, a cowl draped over th...

A Dehua porcelain figure of a seated Guanyin with child19th centuryThe figure seated in flowing robes and elaborate jewels upon a rocky plinth nex...

A red glazed earthenware censer and baseLate Qing/Republic periodPossibly Shiwan ware, of bombé form with thin loop handles surmounting a waisted ...

A celadon glazed double stick neck vaseYongzheng mark, Republic periodThickly potted and covered on all surfaces except the foot pads with a shiny...

A copper red-glazed baluster vase19th centuryThickly potted and raised on a set-in foot, the copper red layer changing from dark to light on the e...

An Yixing teapotDated by inscription to 1968Surmounted by a domical lid, one side inscribed in Chairman Mao's seven character couplet predicting t...

A pair of finely molded biscuit ruyi-headed boxes and coversQianlong marks, late Qing dynastyRendered in high relief depicting a gathering of scho...

A celadon glazed handled basinLate Qing/Republic periodElegantly rendered with a continuous band of leafy tendrils over a stiff lappet band around...

An Yixing stoneware faux-bamboo brush pot19th/20th centuryThe stoneware body imitating a length of bamboo carved as a brush pot with a lower band ...

A Yellow glazed incised dragon bowlTongzhi markRising from a short foot to a slightly everted rim, the exterior incised with dragons pursuing flam...

A blue glazed dragon bowlQianlong markFormed with an everted rim and raised on a circular foot, the exterior painting in gilt with two dragons cha...

Two powder blue glazed porcelain vases19th centuryBoth covered in the typical deep mottled blue glaze, the first of tianqiuping form consisting of...

A pair of blue and white porcelain ovoid jarsLate Qing/Republic periodOf compressed baluster form, covered in a densely composed vine and lotus gr...

A polychrome enamel decorated meipingQianlong markDecorated on the yellow enameled sgraffito surface with elegant branches laden with nine ripe pe...

A polychrome enamel decorated porcelain vaseXuantong markRaised on a high ring foot, the bulbous body decoratedwith flying bats set between Buddhi...

A pair of famille verte enameled baluster vasesLate Qing/Republic periodOf typical shape covered in a green ground vine and lotus patterns surroun...

A wucai double gourd vaseChenghua markDecorated with carp swimming in water weeds on the two-lobed vessel, a six-character mark on the recessed ...

A Yellow ground famille verte rouleau vase19th centuryThe cylindrical neck surmounting a wider cylindrical body enameled with opposing reserves en...

A molded polychrome enamel vaseQianlong mark, Republic periodThe ovoid body decorated with summer and winter landscapes enclosed in circular reser...

A yellow ground enameled nine-peach vase, tianshoupingLate Qing/Republic periodDecorated overall with a series of elegant branches laden with ripe...

An iron red and gilt-enameled vase Tao yi zhen pin mark, Republic periodOf ovoid form with a trumpet neck and bat-shaped handles applied along the...

A pair of polychrome enameled plaques depicting four of the Eight ImmortalsDeng Bizhao, mid-20th centuryEach tall and thin rectangular plaque colo...

A group of four porcelain plaquesEach of tall rectangular section, enameled in shades of black and gray with slight color to depict mountainous la...

A fine yellow-ground aubergine and green-enameled 'dragon' saucer dishQianlong six-character markFinely incised and enameled to the interior well ...

A famille rose butterfly bowlGuangxu mark, Republic periodThe exterior walls painted with brightly colored butterflies and the rim striped in gilt...

A small famille rose garlic-head vaseQianlong mark, 20th centuryThe pear-shaped body colorfully enameled with birds among flowering branches and r...

A pair of famille rose enameled bowlsYongzheng marks, 20th centuryEach thinly potted, the exterior walls painted in various enamels with flowers e...

A pair of famille rose planters and underdishesRepublic period Each of rectangular form, raised on short corner feet and fired with two drainage h...

A large famille verte globular basinLate Qing/Republic periodOf alms bowl shape consisting of thick shoulders encircling an inwardly curved mouth ...

A group of three polychrome enameled porcelain plaquesRepublic periodAll of tall rectangular shape, including a pair depicting Guo Ziyi and Su Shi...

Two framed panels of porcelain plaquesRepublic periodThe two hardwood framed panels housing three vertical porcelain plaques enameled with winter ...

A pair of square-sectioned baluster vases with famille verte decorationKangxi marks, late Qing dynasty Each vase painted in the typical palette wi...

A massive fencai enameled porcelain temple jar and coverQianlong periodPainted in underglaze blue combined with opaque enamels of the famille rose...