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A pottery figure of a Chinese court woman with up-swept hair and standing in a simple draped robe, typically seen in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD).
Women at the Chinese imperial court were highly trained in fashion, manners, etiquette but also music, dance and other pleasing arts. …
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- Item Number: S-3605
- Provenance/Origin: China. Stylings of the Tang Dynasty
- Composition: Terracotta.
- Dimensions: 7" tall on wood base. Base is 3 x 3" square
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 89.00. USD
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The Monkey King – aka Sun Wukong – is a legendary warrior best known as the esotericstuff.com character in the 16th Century novel, “Journey to the West”. But this warrior’s reputation predates this novel where stories and adaptations can be traced all the way back to the Song…
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- Item Number: S-6541
- Provenance/Origin: Hand carved in Linyi (in Shandong Province) China. Circa 2000
- Composition: Boxwood
- Dimensions: 9.25" tall x 3" wide x 2" deep (statue WITHOUT headgear)
- Weight: 1 pound with box
- Price: $ 165.00 USD
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The fourth son of Kangxi, Yongzheng was 44 when he succeeded his father. In the reign of Yongzheng, Nian Siyao was the Superintendent of Customs, and most importantly, from 1726 to 1736, director of the Jingdezhen porcelain factory. He personally supervised the pieces made for the Emperor and the court…
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- Item Number: V-2253
- Provenance/Origin: Collector acquisition. Yongzheng Porcelain. China
- Composition: Porcelain
- Dimensions: 11.4" tall x 5" at widest points
- Weight: 2.75 pounds
- Price: $ 175.00 USD
