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(香薰) xiāng xūn(comma) Incense burner(comma) (汉朝) Han Dynasty 206 BCE – 220 CE. Painted grey earthenware in mountain shape with mythical creatures. This incense burner is modeled on the mythical (博山) Bó shān or fairy mountain(comma) a place where…

Porcelain plate(comma) (清朝) Qing Dynasty 1644 – 1912 CE. This pattern is from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty 1735 – 1796 CE. This is blue and white porcelain with red and gold overglaze. Blue and white porcelain was first manufactured in the…

Tea caddy with wooden cover(comma) (清朝) Qing Dynasty 1644 – 1912 CE. Eighteenth century blue underglaze porcelain. This type of blue and white porcelain is typical eighteenth century manufacture. The blue is lighter in shade than earlier Ming and…

(钧窑) jūn yáo(comma) Jun ware bowl with stand(comma) (宋朝) Sòng dynasty 960 – 1279 CE(comma) stoneware bowl with blue flame glaze. This piece is an example of classic Song dynasty jun ware(comma) thin walls(comma) elegant and simple shape. The blue…

Vase or storage jar(comma) (大明) Ming Dynasty 1368 – 1644 CE(comma) seventeenth century. (五彩) Wŭ căi(comma) five colored porcelain with blue underglaze and enamel overglaze(comma) Phoenix and foliage design. Wŭ căi was extremely popular in the Ming…

Posset cup and saucer (清朝) Qing dynasty(comma) late eighteenth century(comma) Canton region trade ware. Porcelain with orange decoration. Flowers(comma) bats(comma) conventional borders. Hand painted(comma) gilt rim and finial(comma) entwined strap…