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Ceramics For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1920s
Period: Early 1900s
Antique 18th c Kangxi Imari Barber Surgeon Basin Ca 1710 Japan Porcelain Chinese
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
An Imari Porcelain Barber's Bowl/Basin, used for shaving, bleeding and much more.
Late 17th or early 18th century,
Painted with central flowers, hares and Birds.
Size: 25.8x6.5cm dia...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowl with Chenghua Mark
Located in AMSTELVEEN, NL
A finely potted Chinese porcelain bowl, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with elegantly scrolling lotus motifs and classic fretwork borders. The design is executed with clarity an...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Yongzheng Rouge De Fer Porcelain Rooster Vase, 1723-1735
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptionally fine and rare Chinese Yongzheng period vase of quatrefoil form decorated with a pair of roosters perched on rocks, surrounded by a pair of large butterflies, insects and sprays of flowers in rouge de fer...
Category
1740s Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japan, a Late 18th Century Imari Charger, Edo Period
Located in PARIS, FR
Nice hand painted Porcelain charger in the Imari palette using underglaze cobalt bleu and iron red.
Japan, Edo period, late 18th century.
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 18C Qianlong period Chinese Porcelain SE Asia Famille Rose Plate
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice, rare and beautiful colors in enamel in, Floral design, Middle 18th century. See reference picture in the literature also
These wares and their specific characteristics of wild...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
#6 Antique Kangxi Period Eggshell Chinese porcelain Tea Bowls and Dishes LADY..
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely tea set in Blue and white. Very thinly potted porcelain, the light shines trough.
Kangxi period pieces in underglaze blue. With a garden scene of elegant...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Pair Hand Decorated Satsuma Lidded Cups
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Pair Japanese Satsuma hand decorated lidded cups
Measures: 3.25" x 4.25"
3.5" x 4.5"
Signed on bottom.
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Kangxi period small Dish Porcelain fine painted Blue & White, Circa 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand-painted Chinese porcelain blue and white Dish from the Qing, Kangxi period, 1662-1722.
The dish is finely potted with an octagonal shape using a clear w...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
9CM Antique Kangxi Period Chinese porcelain Miniature Vases Elegant Ladies
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely small pair of vases in Blue and white.
Kangxi period pieces in underglaze blue. Elegant ladies and flowers
Marked base with artemesia leaf
11-3-25
C...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Top Quality Antique Chinese Porcelain Dish Kangxi Period Chenghua Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this exceptionally nice Chinese porcelain Plate from the Kangxi period. It has a dark cobalt blue scene with geometric design, objects and symbols.
The base with a...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Vase Ca 1700 Kangxi Period Elephant Handle China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this nice Chinese porcelain Vase from the Kangxi period.
Visible in the pictures is a slender baluster-shaped vase with a gently widening body and a long neck fla...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Lotus Flower Dish 18th Century C-1770
Located in Katonah, NY
This classic 18th-century Chinese porcelain lotus form dish was shaped to resemble an open lotus flower.
The dish has hand-painted floral decoration in several shades of blue on a tr...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White Glazed Small Circular Porcelain Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Chinese small white glazed porcelain bowl dating from the early Ming dynasty or earlier. The finely made bowl stands on a small round unglazed foot with unglazed reces...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Sawakhalok Celadon Bowl, Thailand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Sawakhalok Celadon Bowl, Thailand 14th/15th century.
A sturdily potted wheel thrown stoneware bowl with everted rim and flattened lip. The deep cavetto has an upper decorativ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Celadon
Wanli Antique Ming Period Chinese Porcelain Kraak Klapmuts Birds China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely potted and painted kraak Klapmuts of a desirable cobalt blue.
Stunning piece with beautifull Pair of birds, absolute top Quality kraak ware!
11-3-25
Condition
some fr...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Salt Cellar Dish Faience Oval French Yellow Blue White Sprig Stripe
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare surviving small piece of early tableware. Suitable for everyday use as a charming piece of history for the dining table.
French faience salt. Oval shape with a leafy sprig in...
Category
18th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Delft Tin Glaze Charger, circa 1760-1780
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Delft tin glaze charger, circa 1760-1780.
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Large Porcelain Floral Painted Cylindrical Mug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine antique Chinese Qing large porcelain cylindrical mug hand painted with floral designs and probably dating from the latter 18th or possibly even early 19th century. The mu...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Polychromed Blue and Yellow Decorative Porcelain Charger Plate 1920s
By Arita
Located in Glasgow, GB
A bold blue and yellow decorative porcelain charger plate, hand-crafted in Japan around the 1920s.
Hand-painted with a scene depicting a Geisha reading from a scroll on a walkway ad...
Category
1920s Japanese Chinoiserie Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Salt Cellar Dish Faience French Rose Green White Flowers
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare surviving small piece of early tableware. Suitable for everyday use as a charming piece of history for the dining table.
two red bands around the top. the base decorated with...
Category
18th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Kingdom of Sukhothai Shipwreck Jar (Thailand)
Located in Chonburi, TH
This 17th-century Sawankhalok ceramic jar is a remarkable piece that showcases the exquisite craftsmanship of the Kingdom of Sukhothai, Thailand. The jar features natural marine grow...
Category
17th Century Thai Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Export Famille Rose Tureen with Lid & Underplate
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century Chinese Export Famille rose tureen with lid & underplate.
Category
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Antique Momoyama Edo Bizen Ware Pottery Wabi-Sabi Art Tsubo Jar Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely stunning Bizen ware stoneware vase/jar/vessel - produced sometime during the late Momoyama period (1568-1600) / Early Edo Period (1603-1867). Bizen yaki...
Category
16th Century Japanese Edo Antique Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Kosometsuke 17C Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Kaiseki Dish Tianqi / Chongzhen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely and unusual Chinese porcelain Kaiseki dish from the late Ming period, Tianqi/Chongzhen period most. Jingdezhen made for the Japanese market.
Origin: C...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Bucket Vase, Famille Verte
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Beautiful big bucket vase with two steel handles, Famille verte. Excellent decorated with women and young boys in a walled garden and princess on horseback...
Category
18th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Kangxi Apple Green Crackle Glaze Baluster Vase/Lamp, China, Early 18th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Rare Kangxi Dynasty (1654-1722) apple green over white crackle glazed baluster shaped ceramic vase/lamp - white crackle glazed interior and base - large...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Spittoon, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Blue and White Spittoon, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
China, Circa 1700
An exquisite Chinese Blue and White Spittoon from the Qing Dynasty's Kangxi Period, showcasing the fin...
Category
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
18th C. Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Mandarin 3-Piece Vase Garniture Set
Located in New York, NY
An 18th century Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Mandarin 3-Piece vase Garniture Set. A status symbol between the 17th and 19th centuries, most garniture sets have by now been damaged or broken up with the individual pieces sold off. Few complete sets now exist, and even fewer survive in their original state, which makes this beautifully painted set of three Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose vases so much more special. With mandarin orange and gilt unusually bold and swooping dragon handles, each delicately decorated vase is completed with a lid seating a gloriously pompous foo dog. The bodies are decorated with hand painted famille rose flowerpot cartouches, as well as, chirping birds, and banded flowers and vines.
The exquisite hand painted tastefully colored floral displays each with their own hand painted vase creates a freshness and inspires within us the IDEA for further additions of fresh flowers within the home. One of the porcelain, three (3) piece garniture set, is smaller and has a variation of banded colors around its fluted foot, lending just the right amount of visual variation to this gorgeous trio. The white porcelain bulbous bodies are further decorated with colorful insects...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Canton Porcelain Famille Rose Qianlong Tureen 18 Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Imposing Hand Painted Chinese Export Porcelain Twin Handle Enameled Soup Tureen or Centerpiece of large proportions and traditional form, made during last quarter of the Eighteent...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Western Han Painted Grey Earthenware Standing Female Tomb Figure
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese Painted Grey Earthenware Standing Female Tomb Figure, Western Han Dynasty.
The tall slender court lady stands with knees and elbows slightly bent to reveal the hands, now lost with sockets remaining. The detachable rounded head has a delicately modeled face with small features and painted accents. The neck serves as an extended plug into the neckline of the hollow body ata slight cant as if eyes are downcast and bowing. The hair full at the hairline in form and painted black continuing on the back of the body on center to the waist. The body form of draped layers of long robes, crossing left over right over sloping shoulders with a stiff collar, deep full sleeves tied with a sash low on the waist and trumpet flared at the base, all outlined in red, white and black pigments. Custom black silk storage box in Chinese hinged lid style.
Weight: 15.5 lbs.
Western Han Dynasty 206 B.C. - A.D. 9
Thermoluminescence testing of head and body with Bortolot Daybreak Corporation, Guilford, CT, 1989 sample #379A1. Date of firing 2300 +/- 600 years ago.
Provenance:
Upon Request
For similar examples see:
Oriental Ceramics, The World’s Great Collections, The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Vol. 9, 1975, pl. 8 & 9.
Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Vol. 1, 1976 p.53, pl.123
Sotheby’s New York, The Bernat Collection, November 1980, lot # 19. With hands covered and folded in front of the figure.
Yutaka Mino and James Robinson, Beauty and Tranquility: The Eli Lilly...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Pair Monumental Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Pottery Vases Stands 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of monumental antique Japanese Satsuma vases with stands, circa 1900.
The vases having an ivory background and are finely gilded & handpainted with enamels of Samurai wa...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Large Qianlong Blue and White Porcelain Chocolate Pot, 18th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and large antique Chinese Qianlong porcelain chocolate pot the body hand painted with small vignettes containing floral and watery lands...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Foliate Rimmed Bowl
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century Japanese Kakiemon foliate rimmed bowl, Edo period (1603-1867). This charming bowl's decor shows a guardian lion ("shi shi") and a floral...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A Chinese Kangxi Period Porcelain Blanc de Chine Foo Dog, circa 1680
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Kangxi Period Porcelain Blanc de Chine Foo Dog, circa 1680.
Very well modelled to show the male dog placing h...
Category
1680s Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Batavian Qianlong Pair Famille Rose Painted Saucer Dishes
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine pair Chinese Qianlong porcelain hand painted Batavian saucer dishes in the famille rose palette dating from the 18th century. The finely made dishes are of simple rounded shap...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Ming Zhangzhou Phoenix Bird Dish 16th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning large antique Chinese Zhangzhou (Swatow) blue and white shallow porcelain dish of rounded form decorated centrally with a standing phoenix bird set amidst flowering blooms...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
15th Century Antique Burma Myanmar Burmese Green White Pottery Ceramic Bird Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and somewhat rare Burmese (Burma/Myanmar) 15th-century hand-painted and decorated green and white earthenware bowl. The piece is decorated with a bird in the center and h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Burmese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
A Rare Pair Chinese Kangxi Biscuit Porcelain Figures of Boy w/ Enamel Decoration
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Pair of Chinese Kangxi 18th Century (1710) Biscuit Porcelain Figures of Boy with Enamel Decoration. These captivating figures, seemingly caught in the midst of a joyous dance...
Category
1710s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Ko-Imari Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Plate Antique Blue White 17th c
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A rare porcelain dish, Arita Kilns. Superb decoration.
Condition
Overall Condition; 1 chip with a Silver ot Tin repair. Measures: 148mm x 27mm
Perio...
Category
17th Century Chinese Edo Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Yaozhou Celadon Ceramic Bottle Vase
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese Yaozhou Celadon Ceramic Bottle Vase, Northern Song, Shaanxi Province. A high fired bottle form with narrowed base, bulbous body, high shoulder,...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Celadon
Pair of Ming Dynasty Horsemen Roof Tiles
Located in London, GB
A pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) sancai-glazed ridge tiles modelled as horse and rider. Both tiles are glazed in rich green and amber, the horses ...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Antique 18/19th c Kangxi Marked Qing period Chinese porcelain Bowl Figures China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous quality blue and white porcelain, very thinly potted. Kangxi mark at the base but probably of later Qing Period
Great Figural Scene
Beautiful piece.
Condition
2 clean line...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Petite Chinese Sancai Spice Jars
Located in Chicago, IL
With sancai glaze and a richly-aged patina, these petite ceramic spice jars are likely originated as a form of míngqì sculpture, a centuries-old tradition of burial figurines or "spi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Impressive Terracotta Funerary Procession - Ming Dynasty, China '1368-1644 AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Impressive Funeral Ensamble of 10 Terracotta Glazed Figures in green and caramel colors depicting a votive procession with a palanquin, his four carriers, a horse, a stableman, two musicians, and an offering carrier.
This ensemble is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, and Certificate of Expertise by Jean-Yves Nathan - Specialist in Asian Arts for the CEDEA (The European Confederation of Art Experts).
Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period.
The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China – then known as the Empire of the Great Ming – for 276 years (1368–1644 AD). Founded by Chu Yuan-chang, the rebel leader that was successful in removing the mongols from the throne. Chinese control was re-asserted in China and eastern Asia. Literature became more important, schools were created, and the justice system was reformed. The Ming dynasty is described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history,” was the last imperial dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese.
The practice of burying ceramic objects with the deceased went into decline from the 10th to the 14th Century AD. There was a revival in placing miniature representations of glazed terracotta objects such a furniture, food offerings, horses, miniature statues...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
High Quality 18 Century Kangxi Period Chinese Porcelain Kakiemon Plate Dutch
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese Kakiemon-style bird, quail and Three friends of winter dish. Painted by by a Dutch painter to decorate a Chinese porcelain blank.
The scene and quality of paintting is amazing.
Three Friends of Winter
These are pine, Prunus mume and bamboo. Both the pine and the bamboo remain green throughout the winter, while the early blossoms of the Prunus mume
are harbingers of spring. In China the combination of the positive characteristics attributed to each motif represented the ideal character of the Confucian scholar
They became a subject in Japanese painting in the 15th century, and are also found on kakiemon porcelain...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Annamese Blue and White Ceramic Dish, Bird Design, Chu Dau kiln, Vietnam, 1500.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Annamese Blue and White Ceramic Dish, Bird Design, Chu Dau kiln, Vietnam, circa 1500. A sturdily potted plate with raised rim, decorated in under glaze cobalt ...
Category
16th Century Vietnamese Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Porcelain Vases With Figural Scene Early Kangxi Period China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this nice pair of Chinese porcelain Vase from the Kangxi period.
Visible in the pictures is are slender baluster-shaped vases with a gently widening body and a lo...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Three Chinese Export Porcelain Plates Famille Rose Qianlong Dynasty 1760
Located in Katonah, NY
This trio of beautiful Chinese export dishes is decorated in the Famille Rose style.
It features purple peonies, orange lilies, and a variety of other flowers.
In Chinese culture, pe...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Rare and Fine Antique Japanese Ceramic Ko-Satsuma Chaire Tea Caddy
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic tall chaire (Tea caddies) ko-satsuma type from Edo period Japan circa 18th century. This type of small jar was made of stoneware. Its specific form with raised shoulder and...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Thai ceramic covered box from the Sawankhalok kilns
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Thai ceramic covered box from the Sawankhalok kilns. Globular fruit form with pinched foliate rim and sepal stem finial on top decorated in brown a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Tribal Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Imari Chinese Porcelain Charger 18th Century circa 1760
Located in Katonah, NY
This gorgeous Chinese porcelain charger, hand-painted in the Imari style, dates back to the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty, circa 1760....
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Porcelain Chinese Jar with Lid
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/1641 - Antique little Chinese jar with lid from the Song Dinasty (1100-1200) but I don't have thermoluminescence test.
It is part of my collection for 40 ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Shino Chawan Tea Bowl Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese ceramic Chawan (tea bowl) of e-Shino (painted Shino) ware style circa mid-late 18th century Edo period. The classically shaped bowl features an abstract blue paint of blue grass and displays strong characters in the milky white glaze, with overall crawling and crackling effect. One of the most distinctive characteristics of Shino that is exemplified on this bowl is the small pinholes called suana, which tea masters favor (termed as yuzuhada, or citron skin). The milky-white feldspar...
Category
Late 18th Century Edo Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique 18th c Kangxi Imari Barber Surgeon Basin Ca 1710 China Porcelain Chinese
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Important Nobility Barber Surgeon Basin for Bleeding & shaving much more Chinese export porcelain, Imari, Kangxi period (ca 1710), with a very rich flower decoration. A barber in the...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Superb Set of 5 Elegant Court Attendants, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD TL Tested
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A stunning set of 5 graceful terracotta figurines from the Ming Dynasty '1368-1644' AD. These elegant attendants are standing on a yellow glazed lotus flower over a high hexagonal green plinth and wear fine robes in matching green and yellow glazes. The unglazed areas have pigmented colors in red, black and white. Each is carrying essential offerings for the royal family. The head is detachable as often seen on the larger figures from this period. Meticulously detailed facial expressions have been hand-painted.
Condition: Mint, finely preserved glaze and pigment, undamaged and no repairs.
Provenance: Ex. Danish Collection.
This set is guaranteed authentic and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and TL Test from Laboratory Kotalla in Germany (The Oldest Thermoluminescence Testing Laboratory in the World).
Dimensions: Average 54 H cms
Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period.
The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China – then known as the Empire of the Great Ming – for 276 years (1368–1644 AD). Founded by Chu Yuan-chang, the rebel leader that was successful in removing the mongols from the throne. Chinese control was re-asserted in China and eastern Asia. Literature became more important, schools were created, and the justice system was reformed. The Ming dynasty is described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history,” was the last imperial dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese.
The practice of burying ceramic objects with the deceased went into decline from the 10th to the 14th Century AD. There was a revival in placing miniature representations of glazed terracotta objects such a furniture, food offerings, horses, miniature statues...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century Chinese porcelain Pattipan, tea stand
Located in Delft, NL
18th Century Chinese porcelain Pattypan, tea stand
A Qianlong period Chinese blue and white porcelain Pattipan or tea stand with scallo...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Celadon Glazed Small Circular Porcelain Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Chinese small celadon glazed porcelain bowl dating from the early Ming dynasty or earlier. The finely made bowl, of slight irregular shape, stands on a small round ung...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 18th century Antique Kangxi Yongzheng Chinese Porcelain Imari Plate
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese porcelain dish from the first half of the 18th century.
Condition
4 small chips to rim and 2 or 3 fritspots. Size: 22.5CM Diameter
Period
18th century
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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.