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Ceramics For Sale
Large Antique Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Elaborately Hand-Painted Bowl or Basin
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and substantial bowl or basin is signed by and unknown artist and originates from China, dating to approximately 1920 and done in the period Chinese Export style. The...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Japanese Porcelain Plate with Hand-Painted Blue and White Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese hand-painted porcelain plate from the 19th century, with blue and white tree and foliage décor. Created in Japan during the 19th centur...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming Period Chinese Porcelain Literatus and attendant Charger Flies W
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this new arrival. An amazing Blue and white porcelain dish, Kraak porcelain.
China, Ming dynasty Wanli period (1572-1620),
Decorated in the centre with a lite...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
English Ironstone Imari Platter
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an exceptionally large English mid-19th century Victorian Ironstone Platter decorated in a beautifully detailed Japanese Imari pattern. The enameling is sharp with deep coloration and the overlaid gold is in very good original condition. The platter is marked "Stone China" on the reverse. The platter is in very good overall condition with normal patination and very minimal losses to the painted decoration. There is a bit of wear to the underside of the rim which does not detract from the value of the platter. Platers of this size are very uncommon and desirable. This piece could be installed as a work of art or even fitted with a custom table base...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone, Paint
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Hand Decorated Porcelain Scholar Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century Chinese hand decorated porcelain scholar figures.
Stunning pair of well executed hand decorated Chinese porcelain figures...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of Chinese Turquoise Glazed Porcelain Foo Dogs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair Of Chinese Turquoise Glazed Porcelain Foo Dogs.
A large pair of Chinese turquoise glazed foo dogs dating from the first half of the 20th c...
Category
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A Large 20th C. Chinese Famille Jaune ‘Eight Horses of Wang Mu’ Porcelain Vase
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The large Jingdezhen period baluster shaped body finely decorated with hand painted enamels depicting the ‘Eight Horses of Wang Mu’ against a treed & mountaino...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
18thC. Chinese Export Porcelain Bottle Vase Hand Painted Imari, Qing Ca 1740
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Chinese Export porcelain Bottle Vase with good Imari hand painted decoration, which we date to the first half of the 18th century, circa 1740 or possibly earlier....
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Japanese Moriage Satsuma Vases with Gold Gilding Circa 1930-1940
Located in Ixelles, BE
Japanese Satsuma vases from the circa 1930-1940 period are a particular style of ceramic art that originated from the Satsuma province of Japan. Satsuma ware is renowned for its intricate hand-painted designs, rich colors, and distinctive crackled glaze.
Satsuma ware dates back to the early 17th century, but it gained widespread popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the 1930s and 1940s. Satsuma vases produced during this time often reflected a mix of traditional and modern influences, as Japan went through a period of cultural exchange and artistic experimentation.
Satsuma vases are made from a type of Japanese earthenware clay known for its fine texture and malleability. The vases are hand-formed or wheel-thrown and then meticulously hand-painted with intricate designs using enamel paints. The distinctive crackled glaze was achieved by firing the vases at a relatively low temperature, allowing the glaze to crack during the cooling process.
The moriage technique involves applying three-dimensional, raised ornamentation to the surface of the ceramic piece, creating a visually textured and layered effect. Artisans create three-dimensional patterns, designs, or intricate motifs using a special mixture of clay, slip, or porcelain paste. The raised elements are added by hand to the ceramic body, and each detail is carefully shaped to achieve the desired effect.
The moriage is then gold gilded as some of the intricate ornamental patterns and the halos around the three immortal...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Korean Ceramic Moon Jar with Dragon Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a large Korean ceramic storage jar (hangari) with white glaze and iron red underglaze dragon design. The globular shaped jar derived its form from the Moon Jar of the ear...
Category
18th Century Korean Archaistic Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Large Dish or Plate 11+ins dia Porcelain Blue & White, Yongzheng Ca 1730
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand-painted Chinese Export porcelain blue and white, large deep plate or dish which we date to the Qing, early 18th Century, Yongzheng period, Circa 1730.
The...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Pair Kangxi Porcelain Famille Verte Buddhist Lion Joss Stick Holders
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine pair antique Chinese Kangxi porcelain famille verte Buddhist Lion joss stick holders dating between 1662 and 1722. The dogs sit raised on...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A Large Japanese Cobalt Blue Satsuma Vase.Signed Kusube 楠部. Meiji Period
Located in London, GB
A high quality Japanese Satsuma Vase.
Signed by Kusube 楠部 - gilt script
over red lozenge,
Meiji Period
of square section and finest quality, decorated in enamels and gilt with f...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Chinese Kangxi period Porcelain Plate Kakiemon-Imari decoration, Qing Ca 1690
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand painted Chinese Export porcelain Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period, 1662-1722.
The plate is finely potted with a carefully cut base rim and a lovely rich...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese jewelry box
Located in Torino, IT
Jewelry box.
Delightful jewelry box of Chinese origin, composed of a hand-chiseled silver frame and hand-painted ceramic with oriental representations.
The box is in perfect conser...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Silver
Chinese Porcelain Powder Blue Gilt Dragon Charger, Late Qing Dynasty, China
Located in Austin, TX
A magnificent Chinese powder blue glazed porcelain charger with painted gilt decoration, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China.
The large and impressive Chinese porcelain charger gla...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Glazed Stoneware Bowl by Kitaoji Rosanjin Ex-Musuem Collection
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stoneware round bowl with dramatic glaze made by Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959) circa first half of the 20th century. The low height bowl with wide opening and swell body resembles a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Chinese Republic Porcelain Panels, Scholars in Landscape, Inscribed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair Chinese Republic Porcelain Panels, Scholars in Landscape, Inscribed
China, 20th Century
A beautiful pair of Chinese Republic period porcelain...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Japanese Satsuma Bowl, Meiji Period
Located in London, GB
Signed, Meiji period (late 19th century), Decorated in various coloured enamels and lavish gilt on a blue ground with panels containing samurai, ladies in kimono, the interior with a...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Kaneshige Toyo Japanese National Treasure Signed Bizen Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, perfectly shaped antique Bizen ware Chawan tea bowl by renowned Japanese master potter/artist Kaneshige Toyo (1896-1967) featuring a unique one of a kind, natural, organic forming ash glaze. Kaneshige is universally considered to be the founder of modern Bizen Yaki Ware pottery.
In 1956, Kaneshige was certified as a Living National Treasure (Important Intangible Cultural Heritage) for his work in Bizen Ware pottery/ceramics. Bizen Ware is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from the Bizen province, presently a part of the Okayama prefecture. It is considered one of the Six Ancient Japanese Kilns (along with Echizen ware, Seto ware, Shigaraki ware, Tamba ware, and Tokoname ware).
The piece is signed on the base with one of Kaneshige's traditional incised marks (fundo weight mark of Toyo) .
The work also comes with the original Toyo Kaneshige...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Set of Chinese Blue and White Plate for Wall Decoration Porcelain China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Perfect for interior wall decoration. We offer sets of 18th century Chinese blue and white plates. Available in every quantity needed. The selection in the pictures might not be avai...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Ceramic Vase
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Very unique Japanese vase with abstract pattern in a variety of brown tones. The deepest brown glaze is raised, giving the vase a wonderful tactile texture.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Attributed Streak Glazed Vase on Integral Base
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Chinese attributed, Qing or earlier, vase with integral base decorated in streaked glazes dating to the 19th century or earlier. The stoneware vase stands mounted on an in...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Glazed Porcelain Urns, Song Dynasty 12th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Chinese Ying Qing (“shadowy blue”) ware porcelain vases with ceremonial urns dating from the 12th century, Song dynasty. These two stunning vases depict the 12 traditional ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Vintage Ceramic Pedestal Stand with Hand-Painted Calligraphy and Figures
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Chinese blue glazed ceramic pedestal from the mid 20th century, with calligraphy and male figures in landscapes. Created in China during the mid-century period, this pedest...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Imari Porcelain Punch Bowl or Centerpiece
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine large antique Japanese Meiji porcelain bowl.
With a white ground and extensively gilt throughout.
Primarily decorated in red, blue, and gold with bits of green, brown, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Bear Figure in Ceramic, Designed by Knud Kyhn
Located in Berlin, BE
Bear figure in ceramic, designed by Knud Kyhn
Bear figure of stoneware from Royal Copenhagen.
Additional information:
Material: Ceramic
Artist: Knud Kyhn
Size: 13 W X 8 D X ...
Category
1960s Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Blue and White Bird Feeder from the Hatcher Cargo
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small blue and white bird-feeder of circular form with short neck, one side set with two small loup handles, the base slightly pointed, painted with lotus heads growing from scroll...
Category
1640s Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Antique Chinese Porcelain Foo Dogs
Located in Houston, TX
Large pair of antique Chinese porcelain foo dogs.
Stunning pair of antique Chinese hand decorated porcelain foo dogs or foo lions. T...
Category
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair #2 Chinese Export Porcelain Green Sancai Glazed Parrots
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair #2: Chinese Export Porcelain Green Sancai Glazed Parrots
China, Late 19th Century
This exceptional pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Green Sancai Glazed Parrots, crafted in the...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Doucai 'Bats And Lotus' Vase Yongzheng Mark
Located in London, GB
A CHINESE DOUCAI 'BATS AND LOTUS' VASE.
Yongzheng mark but later, the base with an apocryphal six-character mark,
31cm high. The twin-handled vase painted with bats flying over larg...
Category
20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Huge Chinese Qing Tongzhi Style Famille Jaune Figures Floor Porcelain Vase
Located in Danville, CA
Pair Huge Chinese Qing Tongzhi Style Famille Jaune figures floor porcelain vase
Item description: an amazing pair of huge Qing Tongzhi style Famille Rose figure porcelain vases. A pair of foo dogs on each side of the neck. Turquoise glazed interior. These vases are fully painted around their entire body. Also you can find a pair of dragons on both front and back shoulder of these vases. Throughout the entire painting around this pair, it tells a great story from Chinese history...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique circa 1900 Chinese Very Large Earthenware Dragon Planter Plant Egg Pot
By Satsuma
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Antique Chinese glazed ceramic egg cup. This brown glazed stoneware urn displays vibrant turquoise tones within. Large egg planter currently being used as ...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Hana R Mini Vase Raku Ceramic, Smoked Raku, Handmade Home Decor Gift
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Hana R ~ 花 Flower
Our Hana R mini raku vase is the most geometric and edgy designs in our series. Its needle like shape creates a slip and faceted surface that stands out. Each pie...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Copper
Antique Blue & White Chinese Export Canton Porcelain Wine Beaker or Cup
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Chinese export porcelain cup.
In the Canton pattern.
With a white ground decorated in underglaze blue.
The exterior of the cup depicts Chinese buildings and plants.
The ...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair, Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Rooster Decorated Dinner Plates
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite pair of Chinese Famille Rose porcelain plates showcases intricate hand-painted designs, featuring a rooster and garden scene surrounded by a richly decorated border. T...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Porcelain Incense Burner 1970s Karabito
Located in Paris, FR
This is an incense burner which was made in Japan around 1970s in Showa era. This incense burner is made with ceramic.
Dimensions: 8 x 8 x H10 cm
Category
1970s Japanese Showa Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Yuhuchunping, Late Qing Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This Qing Dynasty Yuhuchunping features a soft pale green glaze applied evenly across its surface, exhibiting fine crackles that enhance its aged character. The vase has a gracefully...
Category
19th Century Hong Kong Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Pair Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Chinese Fo Dog Vases Urns
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Chinese Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Vases of traditional baluster outline, of unusually quite good size proportions, (see last image in situ) mid...
Category
19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Antique Ceramics
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Of Chinese Glazed Ceramic Foo Dogs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair Of Chinese Glazed Ceramic Foo Dogs.
This unusual pair of Chinese export glazed ceramic foo dogs are of cream and black
color with illegible...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Tang Dynasty Style Sancai Glazed Ceramic Jar
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese Tang Dynasty style Sancai glazed jar. This is a lovely example of Sancai glaze with the beautiful green, ocher and cream colors dripping down from the ocher rimand melding ov...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
‘Chamotte’ Vase in Ceramic by Gunnar Nylund
Located in Berlin, BE
‘Chamotte’ vase in ceramic by Gunnar Nylund
Chamottered stoneware from Rörstrand.
Additional information:
Material: Ceramic
Ar...
Category
1950s Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Shuen Yoshida Signed Vintage Japanese Hagi Ware Japanese Pottery Bowl with Box
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Hagi Yaki Ware pottery Chawan tea bowl by renowned Japanese potter Shuen (Shoen) Yoshida (1940-1987). Yoshida was an apprentice of Miwa Kyusetsu (1910-2012) who was awar...
Category
1970s Japanese Showa Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Korean Ceramic Faceted Wine Bottle Vase Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean ceramic bottle with octagonal faceted form with underglaze copper red decoration. The robust bottle with the long neck and a relatively thick built was used to hold liquor such as wine and it was from Joseon dynasty, likely late period (circa mid-late 19th century). The bottle was covered in a milky white glaze with a pleasant warm yellow tint. It has an underglaze iron red paint of branches of gingko leaves on the front and the back side. The color was oxidated into an ochre brown hue instead of iron red. The octagonal form extends nicely from the opening to the base, continuing through the body and makes this bottle geometrically interesting. The rustic paint of the gingko leaves also render the piece a folky modern appeal.
For three faceted wine bottles from different period of Joseon Dynasty, see illustration 2, 71 and 73 of "Five Centuries of Korean Ceramics Pottery and Porcelains of the Yi Dynasty...
Category
19th Century Korean Archaistic Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Carved Hard Stone Double Handle Urn in Relief with Dragons C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Chinese Carved Hard Stone Double Handle and Footed Urn with Dragons in Relief C1920
Measures- 8''H x 3.5''W x 3.5''D
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Ceramics
Materials
Stone
Annamese 19th Century Green Glazed Water Jar with Raised Dragon Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Vietnamese Annamese green water jar from the 19th century, with raised dragon motifs, blue, brown and yellow accents and petite loop handles. Created in Vietnam during the...
Category
19th Century Vietnamese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Unusual 17th Century Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Plate with Fenghuang
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely and unusual Chinese porcelain plate from the late Ming period. Early 17th century, more than probably Swatow ware.
Origin: China
Age; early 17th cen...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Kaneshige Toyo National Treasure Signed Japanese Bizen Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, perfectly shaped antique Bizen ware Chawan tea bowl by renowned Japanese master potter/artist Kaneshige Toyo (1896-1967) featuring a unique natural, organic forming ash glaze. Kaneshige is universally considered to be the founder of modern Bizen pottery.
In 1956, Kaneshige was certified as a Living National Treasure (Important Intangible Cultural Heritage) for his work in Bizen Ware pottery/ceramics. Bizen Ware is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from the Bizen province, presently a part of the Okayama prefecture. It is considered one of the Six Ancient Japanese Kilns (along with Echizen ware, Seto ware, Shigaraki ware, Tamba ware, and Tokoname ware).
The piece is signed/ sealed on the base with one of Kaneshige's traditional incised marks.
A rather engaging and scarce work. Would be a fantastic addition to any Japanese/Asian pottery or Bizen Ware collection or eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting.
Kaneshige's work can be found in numerous prominent collections and museums including:
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
Honolulu Art Museum, HI
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama, Japan
Indiana Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Contemporary Japanese White Glaze Ceramic Vase by Manji Inoue
By Inoue Manji
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large glazed white porcelain vase in the jar-form by Japanese ceramic artist Inoue Manji (Japanese, b. 1929). Minimalistic in form, the vase is pure white with a very subtle blue h...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Quality antique Japanese blue and white imari scalloped edge plate
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Japanese blue and white imari scalloped edge plate having a quality antique Japanese imari blue and white plate, hand pai...
Category
Early 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Porcelain Tea Caddy
Located in Clearwater, FL
A gorgeous early 20th century footed porcelain tea caddy in the shape of a diamond. The top on caddy with a Greek key design in a deep blue. The body is hand painted with pink, yello...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Period Large Han Dynasty Green Glazed Large Jar on 19th Century Rosewood Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
This globular jar of a large size is traditionally called a Hu. Created in the Han dynasty and fully authenticated by the Chinese Government for the collective Group “Hong Kong Art C...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Rosewood
19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Vase with Dragon chasing pearl, Qing Period
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative small cloisonné vase, made in China and dating to the second half of the 19th Century, Qing period.
The vase has a g...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Polychromed Chinoiserie-style Japanese Porcelain Charger Plate by Dai Nippon
By Arita
Located in Glasgow, GB
A black and polychromed Japanese, Chinoiserie-style charger plate, handcrafted in the 1940s by Dai Nippon.
Hand-enameled with a colorful Japanese figural scene, it stylistically depicts blooming cherry blossoms and peonies, accompanied by two resplendent green pheasants...
Category
1940s Japanese Chinoiserie Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Antique Satsuma One Thousand Faces and Dragon Meiji Period Baluster Shaped Vase
By Satsuma
Located in Tustin, CA
A very exquisite and elaborately detailed collectible antique hand made "A Thousand Faces" Japanese Satsuma earthenware pottery baluster shaped vase features intricately hand painted...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Khmer Elephant Form Lime Pot, 12th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Khmer Elephant Form Lime Pot, 12th century. A globular stoneware form with narrow aperture on top for the slaked lime. The pot modeled after an elephant...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Plate or Bowl Blue & White, Qing Qianlong Circa 1770
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Chinese porcelain circular deep plate or soup bowl made for the export (Canton) market, during the middle of the 18th century, Qing-Qianlong period.
The plate is well...
Category
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Javanese Clay Terracotta Piggy Bank from the Majapahit Kingdom (1292-1520)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
The first money-depositing object in the shape of a pig emerged in Java, Indonesia in the 14th century with the introduction of coins from China. Javanese Boars (Celeng)in the Majapa...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Antique, New and Vintage Asian Ceramics
With their rich and diverse history, antique, new and vintage Asian ceramics offer colorful and sophisticated ways to add flair to any space.
Japanese pottery dates back at least 13,000 years to the Jōmon period. Pieces from the Late Jōmon era display a rope-cord pattern encircling a pot or jug. During the Muromachi period, potters created simple bowls and utensils frequently used in tea ceremonies and were made as both functional and aesthetic objects.
Ceramics made during Japan’s Meiji period, from 1868 to 1912, reflected an explosion of artistic expression propelled by new access to international trade. Details became more intricate and refined, and colors were enhanced with new glazing practices.
Chinese porcelain, meanwhile, is often identified by its shape. Each reign and dynasty had specific shapes and styles that were encouraged by the imperial ruler. During the Song dynasty, for instance, there were four dominant types of ceramic vase shapes: plum-shaped, pear-shaped, cong-shaped (tall and square) and double-gourd.
Chinese ceramics that were made during the Qing dynasty were demonstrative of an expanded artistic expression, with more delicate shapes and a focus on intricate detailing. The shapes of ceramics from this era are thinner, taller and have subtle features like a gentle flare, such as on the mallet-shaped vase.
Later, the 17th- and 18th-century interior design trend of chinoiserie brought Asian paintings and screens, textiles and other art and furniture from the continent into many European homes.
Explore an extensive range of antique, new and vintage Asian ceramics on 1stDibs to find the perfect piece for your home.