Chinoiserie Ceramics
CHINOISERIE STYLE
Emerging in the 17th century, chinoiserie appropriated the aesthetics and imagery of popular East Asian design for European-made versions. Reflecting the exoticization of China, Japan and other countries in this era, the word directly translates from French to “Chinese-esque,” which reveals its shortcomings as a style of furniture and decor that often stereotypically and reductively mimics Asian culture rather than showcasing and paying tribute to its artistic traditions.
The enthusiastically decorative chinoiserie style was propelled by influential tastemakers including French King Louis XIV, whose Trianon de Porcelaine in 1670 was inspired by Chinese architecture. Expanded trade between the East and West led to a demand for porcelain, lacquer objects, silk and other goods, which further informed the fanciful furniture being crafted in Europe.
Artisans working in the chinoiserie style used materials and elements like pagoda shapes, bamboo, lacquer surfaces, bird and flower motifs and other interpretations of Asian design on pieces that were frequently set against vibrant wallcoverings. This whimsical approach yielded chinoiserie furniture that boasted dramatic flourishes drawing on the natural world and reflected the dominance of Rococo during the 18th century.
As chinoiserie was shaped by approximations of Asian design by European creators, it had regional variations, such as Chinese Chippendale in England where cabinets, chairs and tea tables had wooden fretwork designs and “japanned” surfaces intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia. In North America, furniture makers in Boston and New York integrated chinoiserie-painted scenes into Queen Anne furniture.
Antique chinoiserie furniture has continued to be fashionable, from its popularity with decorators of the Hollywood Regency era — James Mont, Tommi Parzinger, William Haines and Samuel Marx favored the style — to contemporary interior designers, although it brings with it a complex history.
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Style: Chinoiserie
Mintons, England, Two Antique Plates in Hand-Painted Faience, Chinese Style
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Mintons, England. Two antique plates in hand-painted faience.
Chinese style, early 20th century.
Largest measures: 23.5 x 20.5 cm.
In excellent condi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Large Wedgwood Pedestal Bowl Centrepiece Stone China Ptn 1156, circa 1840
By Wedgwood
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare, beautiful and large ironstone Pedestal footed bowl or centrepiece made by Wedgwood Stone China in pattern No. 1156, in the early to ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Moriage Chintz Round Pink and Green Floral Nippon Catchall Dish with Gold Rim
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small round ceramic plate with a pink and green floral design around the edges. The center of the plate is a crisp white glazed ceramic with slight cracquelure. The edges feature hand painted pink roses with green foliage. A raised pattern of dots accents at the outer most edge of the rim. (Moriage style...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Paint, Ceramic
Early New Hall Porcelain Bowl with Boy in Window Pattern No. 425, circa 1800
By New Hall
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hard paste porcelain bowl by New Hall dating to very early 19th century.
The bowl is well potted on a low foot.
The decoration is hand-painted in bold enamels in a c...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 18 Pc Stephan Folch Bamboo & Basket Han Painted Ironstone China Set 1825
Located in Dayton, OH
Circa 1820 Stephen Folch dinner set in Bamboo & Basket pattern with Royal Arms mark, Circa 1825
Each piece has a light grey-blue glaze and has been beautifully and carefully hand-...
Category
1820s Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
William IVth John Ridgway large ironstone Dinner Plate Pattern 5053, Ca 1835
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative, Imperial Stone China (ironstone), large Dinner Plate by John Ridgway, dating to the William IVth period of the 19th cen...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Mason's Ironstone Side Plate Small Vase Flowers & Rock Ptn, circa 1815
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine Ironstone pottery side plate made by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England and beautifully decorated in the Small Vase, flower & Rock Pattern, full...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Miles Mason Porcelain Sucrier Blue and White Broseley Willow Pattern, circa 1810
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a porcelain blue and white, hand gilded Sucrier (Sugar Bowl) in the Broseley printed pattern made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, in the early 19th century, circa 1810.
This piece is well potted with a lovely shape and twin side handles, but no lid.
The sucrier is decorated in the under-glaze blue printed Pagoda or Broseley, chinoiserie Willow pattern, (sometimes called Boy at the Door pattern). There is hand gilded detail around the mid body, upper rim and on the handles.
This piece is marked with the under-glaze printed mock Chinese seal...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Brazilian Signed Vieira De Castro Rio Porcelain Chinese Noble Figure
By João Vieira
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 19th century antique Brazilian signed Porcelain Vieira De Castro Rio
This delicate Brazilian porcelain reppresenting a noble chinese woman holding ...
Category
Late 19th Century Brazilian Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Plate by Copeland Late Spode in Japanese Kakiemon Pattern No. 2117, circa 1850
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful plate in the Japanese inspired Kakiemon pattern number 2117, produced by the Copeland - Late Spode factory and made of earthenware potte...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Early John Ridgway Soup Plate Aukland Chinoiserie Pattern, English, circa 1835
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative, Imperial Stone China (ironstone), large deep plate or soup bowl by John Ridgway, dating to the William IV period of the...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Early New Hall Porcelain Bowl Chinese Figures Lady with parasol Ptn. 20, Ca 1790
By New Hall
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hard paste porcelain waste or slop bowl by New Hall in a hand painted Chinoiserie figure pattern number 20, dating to the late 18th century, Circa 1790.
The bowl is well...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Caughley Spoon Tray Porcelain Fisherman Pattern, circa 1780
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an excellent example of a porcelain Spoon Tray made by the Caughley factory, Shropshire, England.
The Spoon Tray is made of porcelain and is vert...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
SIX Davenport Porcelain Plates Hand Painted and Gilded Pattern, Circa 1870
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good set of six porcelain plates, all hand painted and gilded, attributed to the Davenport Company of Longport, Staffordshire Potteries, England, dating to the 19th century...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Georgian Spode Soup Bowl or Deep Plate in Chinese Flowers Pattern, circa 1820
By Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful bowl or deep plate produced by the Spode factory and made of a type of a pottery called Pearl-ware, in the early 19th Century.
The pattern is called "Chinese Flo...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Pearlware
Chinoiserie Ceramic Famille Rose Oval Platter in Pink and Gold Floral Motif
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A gorgeous oval Famille rose chinoiserie platter. This beautiful ceramic piece is oval in form, and features a hand painted floral motif desig...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Chinoiserie Blue and White Ceramic Pitcher with Crane and Floral Motif
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful chinoiserie ceramic pitcher in blue and white. This piece has a lovely craquelure finish. A floral design of birds and stylized flora and fauna are painted throughout in ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pedestal Bowl by Wood & Brownfield Ironstone large diameter Ptn 328, circa 1845
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare, large ironstone pedestal footed bowl or centrepiece made by Wood & Brownfield at the old Clews Works, Cobridge, England hand painted...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Mason's Ironstone Desert Dish or Plate Cross Fence gilded Ptn, Ca 1815
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good early Mason's Ironstone pottery desert plate or dish in the Cross Fence gilded pattern, produced by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England, cir...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Mason's Ironstone Large Dinner Plate in Bandana Pattern, circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good, large dinner plate by Mason's ironstone, England in the Bandana pattern, dating to circa 1900.
The Plate is circular in sha...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Mason's Ironstone Jug or Pitcher Conversation Ptn rare shape, Georgian Ca 1825
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a superb Ironstone Jug or Pitcher made by the English Mason's Ironstone factory, dating to the late Georgian period, circa 1825.
The jug shape and pattern colorway are both ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Dish by Stephen Folch Bamboo & Basket Pattern Royal Arms Mark, Ca 1825
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare early 19th century ironstone desert plate made by Stephen Folch of Church street, Stoke, Staffordshire Potteries, England between 1819 and 1829.
The plate or Dish/b...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Ironstone Dish by Hicks & Meigh in Chinese Landscape Pattern circa 1818
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good ironstone (stone china) Desert Dish, in the Chinese Landscape pattern, circa 1818, which we attribute to the factory of Hicks and Meigh of Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshi...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Masons' Ashworths Large Dinner Plate in Table and Flower Pot Pattern, circa 1875
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Mason’s ironstone large dinner plate produced at the time when Mason's was owned and controlled by George L Ashworth and Brothers after the bankruptcy of C J Mason in ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Stephen Folch Plate in Bamboo & Basket Pattern with Royal Arms mark, circa 1825
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare early 19th century ironstone plate made by Stephen Folch of Church street, Stoke, Staffordshire Potteries, England between 1819 and 1829.
The plate has a light grey...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Rare Mason's Ironstone Miniature Cup Japan Basket Pattern, circa 1825
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a miniature Mason's ironstone cup in the Japan basket pattern which we date to circa 1825.
Miniature or toy items of Masons ironstone are rare...
Category
1820s English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Blue and White Johnson Bros Saucer Catchall or Trinket Dish Carisbrooke England
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Small blue and white decorative plate or saucer by Jonson Brothers. Circular in shape with pinched edges, this plate depicts a scene of Carisbrooke Castle England in 1792.
Category
20th Century English Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Georgian Plate by Spode in Gilded Bow Pot Pattern Number 2954, circa 1820
By Josiah Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful plate in the Bow Pot pattern, produced by the Spode factory and made of a type of earthenware pottery called Pearl-ware, in the early 19th century, circa 1820.
...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Pearlware
Noritake Mentone Blue Gold and White Saucer
By Noritake
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pretty porcelain white saucer with blue and gold detail by Noritake. This beautiful plate has a painted blue and gold rim with sprays of flowers in varying hues of blue at the center. Two gold decorative flourishes adorn the dish in between the blue bouquets.
Bottom Reads:
Noritake China...
Category
20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Antique Red Blue and Gold Geisha Motif Saucer Sichuan Province, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A striking antique porcelain saucer from the Sichuan Province in China. This lovely piece depicts still life scenes of mountains and botanica...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Miles Mason Porcelain Pair of Tea Cups Broseley Blue and White Pattern, Ca. 1805
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are pair of porcelain blue and white, hand gilded tea cups made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, England around the turn of the...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pink and Green Flower Pattern Chinoiserie Cake Plate with Twin Handles
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fantastic antique floral ceramic dish, begging to be displayed at a chic dinner party. A floral bouquet of pink and green takes center stage at the middle on a crisp white backgrou...
Category
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
19th Century Spanish Sargadelos Ceramic Transferware Octagonal Serving Plate
By Sargadelos
Located in Madrid, ES
The origin of Sargadelos Ceramics goes back to the early 19th century in Spain's northern province of Galicia. Industrialist Antonio Raimundo Ibáñez had already established a thriving metalworks foundry in the rural Santiago de Sargadelos parish, when in 1806 he expanded his business into chinaware manufacturing when conflicts with Great Britain ceased the importation of the popular, bright white “Bristol...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Set of FOUR Masons Ironstone Bowls in Chinese Dragon Pattern, circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a lovely set of FOUR bowls or deep plates by Mason's Ironstone, England in the Chinese Dragon pattern, dating to the late 19th century, circa...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Large Mason's Ashworth's Ironstone Dish Chinoiserie Pattern 124, circa 1865
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very attractive Mason's Ironstone large Dish made during the mid-19th century, when Mason's was owned by Ashworth Brothers, circa 1865.
The dish has a good Chinoiserie pat...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Masons Ironstone Dinner Plate with finely hand gilded pattern, circa 1895
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a late 19th century Mason’s ironstone large Dinner Plate in a striking heavily gilded pattern.
This large plate is decorated in a bold chinoiserie pattern that is very simil...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Ancient Italian Maiolica Tureen Milano, 1770 circa
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica tureen “allo struzzo” (ostrich decoration)
Milan, Felice Clerici or Pasquale Rubati factory, circa 1750-1780
Measures: 9.25 in x 12.79 in x 10.23 in (cm 23.5 x cm 32.5 x cm 26)
lb 4.78 (kg 2.17)
State of conservation, a felûre consolidated inside with slight edge chipping restored.
In Milan in the 18th century two Majolica warehouses were opened, the first, by Felice Clerici, in 1745, the second in 1756 by Pasquale Rubati.
Traditionally this type of decoration has been attributed to the Pasquale Rubati factory. In reality the motif “allo struzzo”, one of the clearest examples of how the taste for chinoiserie met with considerable success during the 18th century, had been produced, in specimens of greater or lesser quality, by both Milanese manufactories.
This Maiolica tureen has a swollen and ribbed oval bowl, rests on an extroflexed foot and shows stirrup handles.
The tri-color ornament, in the typical tones of Japanese "Imari" decorations, shows an idealized oriental landscape that develops around a perforated rock and has a willow tree with long lance-shaped leaves framing the long-legged bird figure. The ornamentation is enhanced by decorative elements such as butterflies, small florets and a vase with a thin flowery stem.
The lid is ribbed with a pear-shaped knob on top.
The decoration was called in the Milanese manufactories "allo struzzo" (ostrich decoration) and this refers to the oriental figure Xian He or the crane, symbol of longevity, here losing its symbolic value. It is hypothesized that among some 16th century engravings...
Category
1770s Italian Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
Georgian Spode Ironstone Shell Dish or Plate Bang Up Pattern No. 2886, Ca 1820
By Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early 19th century stone china (Ironstone pottery) desert dish with a fluted shell shape, produced by Spode and dating from the George 111...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Green and White Crecent Shape Ceramic Dish
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A ceramic Crecent shaped dish with hand painted green, red and gold decorations. A lovely piece with felt pads at the bottom for protection of surfaces.
Dimensions:
6.75" wide
...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Pair Creamware Dishes 18th Century England Painted in Pink & Purple Made c-1785
Located in Katonah, NY
This is a pair of English creamware dishes from the 18th century, created around 1785. The plates display a lovely chinoiserie scene with women selecting accessories. The scene depic...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Creamware
Chinese Export Platter
Located in Miami, FL
Chinese export platter.
Mille fleur pattern.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Italian Chinoiserie Porcelain Nodding Head Figures, Mid 20th Century, Italy
Located in Austin, TX
A fine pair of Italian porcelain chinoiserie nodding head figures of a Chinese Mandarin couple, made for the Marbo Lamp Company, circa 1960's, Inl...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Set of FOUR Masons Ironstone Large Bowls in Chinese Dragon Pattern, Circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a lovely set of four large bowls or deep plates by Mason's Ironstone, England in the Chinese Dragon pattern, dating to the late 19th century, circa 1900.
The plates or bow...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Pair of Antique English Blue and White Chinoiserie Square Bowls by Caughley
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of antique English blue and white chinoiserie square bowls by Caughley, each one with scalloped edges with gilt borders. Unmarked, ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Carlton Ware England 'Temple' Pattern Octagonal Vase, circa 1925
Located in Pymble, NSW
A superbly hand decorated 'Temple' pattern vase from circa 1925 in near perfect condition having been in only the one collection since purchase in the 1930s. Oriental scene of figure...
Category
1920s English Vintage Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Antique Plates Showing an Elephant in an Imaginary Asian Setting
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of antique English dishes show a fabulous bird's eye view of an elephant in an imaginary Asian setting.
Two figures ride an Indian el...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Pearlware
Carlton Ware Mandarin Tree Vase England, circa 1935
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large Carlton Ware vase from, circa1935 with the Mandarin Tree pattern with the green/black color way variation. Superbly hand painted and gilded in near excellent condition. A cou...
Category
1930s English Vintage Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Enamel Ceramic Vase Signed Eugène Victor Collinot Toujours, France, circa 1870
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Enamel ceramic vase signed Eugène Victor Collinot Toujours. France, circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Famille Rose Tea Cup or Soup Set
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful vintage porcelain famille rose three-piece hand-decorated teacup and saucer or soup set with lid, in the Chinoiserie style, circa mid-20th century. The three (3) pieces m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Three Oriental Style English Vases
Located in London, GB
A trio of Oriental style English vases, on a blue background, hand painted with embossed chinoiseries style urns and flowers in the Mason style.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century, French Clock in the Chinoiserie Style
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century, French clock In the Chinoiserie style. An 8 day pendulum movement that bell strikes on the hour and half hour. Chinese porcelain body in the Kang His style by Samson. T...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Bronze
Large Oval Ceramic Polychrome Hen Tureen in Green Pink Red and Yellow with Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A monumental size ceramic hen tureen in green, red, yellow, pink, and blue. This beautiful chinoiserie decorative bird tureen will be a beautiful addition ...
Category
20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Chinoiserie ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinoiserie ceramics for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage ceramics created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, ironstone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinoiserie ceramics made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original ceramics, popular names associated with this style include Mason's Ironstone, Josiah Spode, Ashworth Ironstone, and Spode. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for ceramics differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $25 and tops out at $88,000 while the average work can sell for $439.
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