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What makes Chinese porcelain valuable?

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What makes Chinese porcelain valuable?

For thousands of years, China’s court-sponsored porcelain industry has been at the forefront of technical innovation and aesthetic refinement. Exquisite finishes and precision of form gave China an international reputation for fine ceramic wares. Age, shape, glaze, motif, and reign mark are all factors contributing to the value of a ceramic piece, indicative of the maker and the dynastic reign under which the object was created.

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PAGODA REDOctober 21, 2020
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17th Century Chinese Porcelain Ho Ho Boy Figure in Wucai/Famille Vert Glaze
Located in Southampton, NY
17th Century Chinese Porcelain Ho Ho Boy Figure in Wucai/Famille Vert Glaze.
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Antique 17th Century Chinese Porcelain Figural Landscape Bowl Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very interesting late ming/Transitional bowl. Scene of fishermen drinking tea at a shore line. Its typical late ming potting and decoration, but the base mark is something that wou...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese porcelain plate. 17th-century piece.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Chinese piece from the 17th century. The price is for a single plate.
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of 17th century porcelain boxes from the Hatcher Cargo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 17th century Chinese porcelain blue and white boxes painted with flowering branches of prunus growing from rockwork.
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Antique 1640s Chinese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Rare Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Kosometsuke Incense Burner, ca 1600
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
⁠It's 17th century chinese porcelain, Ming period, made for the Japanese market.
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Rare Ca 1600 Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Kosometsuke Incense Box Fruit
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
In the shape of what seems to be a fruit and with a nice butterfly scene.? ? It's 17th century chinese porcelain, transitional period, made for the Japanese market.
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Ceramics

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Porcelain

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Chinese Persimmon Phoenix Tail Vase with Cartouche Paintings, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
This vase is a perfect example of enduring Chinese symbolism and design. The attendants in the garden are watching over young boys playing with lotus branches, butterflies and small ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Persimmon Ovoid Ginger Jar with Cartouche Paintings, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
This vase is the perfect example of enduring Chinese symbolism and design. Each side of the ginger jar bears a cartouche painting containing a picturesque scene. Attendants watch ove...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Persimmon Ginger Jar with Cartouche Paintings, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
White cartouches open on this vibrant vase’s persimmon orange field like parting clouds, revealing scenes of young boys practicing martial arts. Perhaps c...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Jade Green Glazed Jar, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
Luminous, blue-green glaze sheets, pools, and drips over the surface of this round Chinese jar, lingering beautifully on every imperfection. Potted in the late-19th century, the eart...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Jars

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Ceramic

Pair of Antique Chinese Cartouche Collector's Shelves, Late 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted with fine detail and perfection of form, these antique Chinese collector's shelves are a statement addition to any interior. Dated to the late 19th century, the pair would ha...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Bookcases

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Elm

Pair of Chinese Persimmon Fantail Vases with Children at Play, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century porcelain vase is sculpted to a classic Chinese phoenix-tail form and decorated with persimmon-orange enamel and several cartouche paintings of picturesque sc...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese Famille Rose Ginger Jar with Peacocks & Peonies
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Jars

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Porcelain

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