Ceramics

A vintage Chinese turquoise color vase from the mid-20th century, with spotted design and tiny handles. Born in China during the mid-20th cen...

Phoenix has since ancient times been called the “king of birds” in China. Contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain vase, hand painted in red, green and blue on the finest porcelai...

Striking contemporary large porcelain decorative vase, hand painted in blue on an elegant pear shaped porcelain body, a signed piece by widely respected Japanese master porcelain art...

Shino pottery vase in deep murasaki and white by contemporary Japanese ceramic artist Tamaoki Yasuo. The vase is an iconic representation of his style. I...

Here we have a very nice large Japanese porcelain serving dish with very nice scene of wise men in a garden scene. In perfect condition. The scene is printed. Condition Overall con...

Very nice vase, high quality. Innovative crystalline glaze used in Shiwan in the 1970s-1980s. A true masterpiece. This is teh antique of the future. Provenance: Bought in the 1980...

Exceptionally fine Japanese porcelain blue and turquoise striped Studio Vase by Atsushi Miyanishi. This stunning contemporary bowl is a statem...

A striking blue and white vase from the studio of Japanese Potter Makuzu Kozan, also known as Miyagawa Kozan (1842–1916), one of the most established and collected ceramist from Meiji Period. Born as Miyagawa Toranosuke, Kozan established his pottery studio in Yokohama around 1870s and later became one of the appointed artist to the Japanese Imperial household. His work was exhibited in many international fairs that the Meiji government participated at the turn of the century and won many grand prizes. With a relative large size, this vase is decorated with underglaze cobalt blue using the novel technique developed by Kozan called Fuki-e (the blow painting), in order to achieve the striking dimensional misty winter landscape. The pine trees with upright trunks and down-sweeping branches appear receding into the depth of the mist, forming an visually unending forest. Known as one of the most creative ceramists, around 1880s, Kozan started experimenting with new chemical colors from the West in the format of his porcelain glaze. New colors allowed him to create underglaze design that appeared bright, smooth and glossy. He even invented his own receipt of cobalt blue to achieve a much brighter yet softer shade, as evident on this vase. To create landscape that is realistic and dimensional, more common in the western paintings, he was inspired by the native Japanese ink painting technique developed around 1900 by Yokoyama...

A very beautiful plate, rare monochrome blue ground. Great study material. Condition Overall Condition; 2 large crackle line in central plate, 1 running out in a hai...

Breathtaking large signed decorative porcelain vase, extremely intricately hand painted in white and the artist's signature deep blue on a stunning soft octagonal shaped porcelain bo...

Tea has an auspicious beginning—it was purportedly enjoyed by the Buddha himself, and cakes of tea as large as wagon wheels were given to Chinese emperors as tribute. Tea drinking wa...

This handmade vase was made in the mid-20th century in a glazed cobalt blue ceramic with decorative raised shapes around the base of the neck. The item is thin and hollow.

An Arts & Crafts decorative lustre plate possibly by W H Grindley.    

Designed to store tea leaves, this jar is nonetheless a stunning example of blue and white porcelain. Surrounded by peonies and chrysanthemum blossoms, two phoenixes sit perched upon...

Extraordinary Japanese Contemporary museum-quality large hand-gilded hand-painted porcelain vase/centerpiece, an exhibition piece by master porcelain artist of the Kutani region of J...

Revered for centuries for its elegant designs and rich cobalt blue and pure white colors, traditional Chinese blue-and-white porcelain lives on in this hand-painted bottleneck vase. ...

A beautiful pair of antique Chinese blue and white porcelain white slip-decorated garden seats. Very finely decorated with raised white slip-decorated floral decoration and open porc...

A blue and white glazed porcelain plate, decorated in the Kangxi manner. Qing dynasty.

Beautiful porcelaine hand painted by a Chinese artist that must have been well kinown enough to make his marked raised in what looks to be a three dimensional putty. A unique gift wi...

Kangxi style powder blue vase lamp. Rich powder blue vase drilled for electric with vintage Chinese style mounts. Newly electrified with black silk cord, ...

A vintage Japanese studio ceramic potter vase in mint green with white. 4606

Pair of large early 19th century Chinese blue and white porcelain cap jars. The jars retaining the original lids with guardian lions. Landscape motif decorations of good detail compl...

Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of ceramics, this striking long-necked vase is cloaked in an all-over persimmon-orange glaze. With a rounded, globular body and cylindrical neck, ...

Born of the collaboration between a Parisian antiques dealer and a rural Vietnamese artists' community, these impressive monumental urns are a testam...

A large Japanese cloisonne enamel vase by Tamura .
This large high shouldered vase has a single stylized blossom against a spray of foliage within scalloped borders in shades of turquoise gin...