Foreign Dancer, China, Tang Dynasty, 618-907. Photo courtesy Vanderven Oriental Art. Height 34cm. TL tested by Oxford, UK Sturdily modelled in dark grey pottery, the figure has a wide face with high cheekbones, her hair gathered in double braids behind...

A rare parcel-gilt silver lobed oval bowl. Tang dynasty (618-907) The lobed sides rounding upwards from the narrow ring foot to the slightly flared rim, the center decorated in repoussé with twin fish surrounded by incised foliate scroll reserved on a...

A rare pair of blue-glazed pottery jars. Tang dynasty (618-907) Each raised on a solid, slightly flared foot, covered with a blue glaze of bright tone that continues over the short neck and lipped rim and stops in an irregular line to expose a white underslip...