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(罐) Two handled guan vessel(comma) (寺洼) Sìwā culture 2100 – 1000 BCE(comma) Gansu Province. Gray earthenware. The Sìwā culture developed at the Holocene optimum in the Hexi corridor of Gansu Province(comma) later a part of the Silk Road. Their…

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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…

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(鬲) Li tripod(comma) Inner Mongolia (夏家店文化) Xìajiādiàn culture 2200 – 1600 BCE. Brown earthenware charred black. Li tripods were an extremely efficient invention of Chinese ceramic technology. The legs were made hollow so as to allow for greater…

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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…

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Storage Jar ca. 1930’s. Stoneware with emerald green glaze and wooden lid. Southern China. The symbol (囍) xĭ (comma) double happiness is incised on the side. This indicates that it was a wedding gift. This type of jar is often called a ‘ginger jar’…

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(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…

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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…

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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…

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