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Ceramics For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1920s
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
Chinese Ming Dish Blue & White porcelain, Tianqi or Chongzhen Circa 1620-1644
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand painted Chinese Export porcelain dish, which we date to the 17th century, Ming Dynasty, Tianqi or Chongzhen c.1620-1640
The dish is fairly thickly potted with a fai...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Korean Inlaid Celadon Ceramic Oil Bottle, Goryeo Dynasty
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Korean inlaid celadon oil bottle, squat globular shape with narrow neck and mouth having an impressed rope pattern revealed in white slip , on the shoul...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Korean Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
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
Antique Ming Period Kraak Tokkuri Sake Bottles Kosometsuke Landscape Chinese
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Excited and really happy to share these 2 pieces.
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Tokkuri (Sake Bottles)
Jingdezhen kilns, Early 17th century (Late Ming dynasty), made for...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming 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
Ogata Kenzan Signed Japanese Edo Pottery Hand Painted Tea Plate Tray With Box
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and beautifully hand painted tea ceremony tray/plate by esteemed Japanese artist and master potter Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743). Kenzan is widely considered to be...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Paint
Antique Wanli / Tianqi Ming Chinese Porcelain Kraak Chinese Taste Figural Plate
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this new arrival and very happy with it. Late Ming period Kraak plate of exceptional quality in cobalt blue of larger size. In general the piece is already of high q...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Blue And White Porcelain Barber Dish, Qianlong Period
Located in Bilzen, BE
Mid 18th century blue/white barber porcelain dish from the Qianlong period
No repairs
26 x 29.5 cm
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export 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
Chinese Porcelain Tea Bowl Hand Painted Famille Rose, Qing Qianlong circa 1760
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a finely hand painted Chinese porcelain tea bowl from the 18th century, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736-1795.
The bowl is well decorated, continuously around the body ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair 18 C. Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Famille Verte Fish-Roe Ground Dragon Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Large and Highly Rare Pair of 18th Century Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Sleeve Form Famille Verte and Fish-Roe Ground Five-Claw Imperial Motif Dragon Vases. Of slender Sleeve form wit...
Category
18th Century Chinese Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Kangxi Mark & period Plate or Dish Porcelain Blue & White, Ca 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautifully hand-painted Chinese porcelain blue and white large plate or Dish, from the Qing, Kangxi period, 1662-1722.
The plate / dish is finely potted with a caref...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Kangxi Mark & period Chinese Plate Porcelain Blue & White flower basket, Ca 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand-painted Chinese porcelain blue and white plate, from the Qing, Kangxi period, 1662-1722.
The plate is finely potted with a carefully cut base rim and a lo...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Kangxi Octagonal Famille Verte Floral Painted Porcelain Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce Chinese Kangxi porcelain octagonal yen yen vase decorated with vases containing floral arrangements in the Famille Verte palette and ...
Category
1690s Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Very Rare Antique Chinese Porcelain Jiajing - Wanli period 1560-1600 Bowl wit
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely decorated piece. A very rare type with landscape on the inside and Mandarin Ducks in a Lotus pond on the outside
China Jingdezhen kilns
Ming Dynastie, Jiajing or Wanli Reign
...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Vintage Minoyaki Kozan Gamma Op-Art Bowl, Showa Era, 1970's, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A wild and fantastic vintage Japanese Minoyaki Kozan Gama scalloped rim porcelain bowl, Showa Era, circa 1970's, Japan.
The large and heavy porcelain bowl ...
Category
1970s Japanese Showa Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A Chinese Famille Verte Enameled Porcelain Charger, Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The central field depicting two mythological feng-huang (phoenix's) encircling chrysanthemum blossoms & scrolling vines within a band of ruyi-heads, the cavetto rising to an iron red...
Category
1690s Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A Rare Pair Kangxi Period (18th C) Chinese Porcelain Wucai Decorated Wall Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic and Rare Pair of Kangxi Period (18th Century) Chinese Porcelain Wucai Decorated Wall Vases/Fountains. Of pear shape, brightly enam...
Category
1710s Chinese Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Chinese Vintage Pair Richly Hand-Glazed Leaf Garden Stools
Located in South Burlington, VT
An attractive Chinese pair (2) of richly crackle glazed garden stools (garden seats), ornately black hand painted with a handsome leaf design . Beautifully executed and ready for y...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Male and Female Buddhist Lions
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Chinese Famille Verte male and female Buddhist lions in the style of the Kangxi period (1661-1722). Each stands on a plinth, one with its head to one side and having its jaw ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ogata Kenzan Signed Japanese Asian Edo Period Pottery Tea Bowl Chawan
Located in Studio City, CA
A spectacularly designed and beautifully made Chawan tea bowl dating back to the Edo period. This work is attributed to Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) who is wi...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Singburi Shipwreck Jar from the Kingdom of Sukhothai, Thailand, 17th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful example of a 19th Century Sawankhalok jar from a Shipwreck off the Coast of the Indonesian Island of Batam. Batam was one of the most substantial and influential ports in...
Category
17th Century Thai Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Porcelain Kangxi Period Tea Caddy Elegant Lady and Child
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this nice Chinese porcelain Tea Caddy from the Kangxi period. It has a dark cobalt blue figural scene with Lady and Boy.
Country of origin: China
Period: Kangxi
Siz...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Porcelain Ginger or Temple Jars Famille Rose Hand Painted Qianlong
Located in Katonah, NY
This exceptional pair of 18th-century Chinese porcelain jars is hand-painted in vibrant famille rose enamels with blooming peonies, chrysanthemums, and plum blossoms in brilliant sha...
Category
Mid-18th Century Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White "Grape Dish", Ming Dynasty, 16th Century, Jiajing Period
Located in Delft, NL
Large Chinese Blue and White "Grape Dish",
Ming Dynasty, Jiajing Period, 16th Century
Large blue and white "Grape Dish".
Ming dynasty (1368-1644),
Jiaj...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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
Cabinet with Artistic Objects – Unique 1980 Creation
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cabinet with Artistic Objects – Unique 1980 Creation
This distinctive cabinet showcases a fascinating collection of artistic plaster objects, including forms such as hands, legs, bo...
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Chinese Export Coral and Puce Porcelain Tea Service
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain service spectacularly decorated with a smart coral scale ground with panels of puce flowers.
The service com...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Porcelain Dish Blue and White Hand Painted, Qing Qianlong
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand-painted Chinese porcelain Dish, dating to the middle of the 18th century, Qing, Qianlong period, circa 1750.
The dish is circular, well potted, with rib...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Martaban Jar, Ming Dynasty
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a large Chinese 17th Century Stoneware Martaban Jar. Martancan Jars were created to store food items such as grain, tea, oil, etc. The ...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Kangxi period Plate porcelain Finely Hand Decorated, circa 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand painted Chinese Export porcelain Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period, (1662-1722), circa 1700.
The plate is of large dinner plate size with a 10 inch di...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Exceptional Japanese Imari Palace Garniture
Located in London, GB
AN EXCEPTIONAL JAPANESE IMARI PALACE GARNITURE, CIRCA 1700.
Decorated in colours and overglaze gilt with friezes of sacred dragons chasing flaming pearls, the bodies decorated with ...
Category
18th Century 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
Large 18thC Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl Imari 10.6 inch dia., Qing Circa 1770
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Large 10.6 inch diameter Chinese Export porcelain footed Bowl with hand painted Imari decoration, which we date to the second half of the 18th Century, Qing period, circa 1...
Category
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Four Chinese Snuffboxes or Snuff Bottles, Porcelain Enemaled early 20th c
Located in Labrit, Landes
Set of four snuff bottle made in the early 20th century
Porcelain, colored glass and onyx (one plug is in onyx, please see photos).
various dimensions: between 2.76 in. and 1.97 in. ...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Onyx
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
Blue and White Ceramic Vase with Rampaging Dragon
Located in Lomita, CA
The 21st-century blue and white ceramic vase, adorned with a motif featuring three dragons playing in clouds, represents a modern interpretation of traditional Chinese ceramic artis...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Octagonal Plate, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Octagonal Plate, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, circa 1790
An exquisite Chinese export octagonal plate from the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong P...
Category
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A Chinese Qingbai Incised Flower Bowl, Song Dynasty, Ex Christie's
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Chinese Qingbai Incised Flower Bowl, Song Dynasty, Ex Christie's
Provenance: Private Melbourne Collection. Christie's Melbourne, 6/7/1999, lot 638.
Dimension: Height: 6.2cm Diam...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Hand-Painted Porcelain Teapot and Cover with Shou Emblem
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Chinese Qing porcelain teapot hand decorated in bright colored enamels and dating from the Early 20th century. The teapot of rounded cylindrical shape is incised and h...
Category
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Ceramic Center Bowl Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large ceramic center bowl by Japanese American artist Toshiko Takaezu (American, 1922 - 2011). Meant to be a bespoken center piece., the deep form bowl features a robust body of thick wall, supported by a short round foot ring. The surface showcases an expressive glaze pattern that is the signature style to the artist's work. Free-flowing abstract strokes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Japanese Antique Shigaraki Tsubo Jar
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Japanese stoneware storage jar, known as tsubo from Shigaraki kiln, circa 17th-18th century (early Edo possibly Momoyama period)....
Category
17th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Kangxi Yixing Sancai Glazed Teapot with Rat Finial
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual Chinese Yixing sancai glazed teapot and cover mounted with a rat finial acquired as dating from the Kangxi reign 1662 – 1722. The lightly hand-crafted red clay tea...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Antique Chinese Porcelain Bencharong Bowl for the Thai Market, 18th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese Porcelain Bowl for the Thai Market, 18th century.
Bencharong enamel decoration with Buddhist imagery on a black background. This classic porcelain bowl form having a raised narrow foot rim and slightly everted mouth rim is richly decorated in bright polychrome enamels much favored by the nobility in eighteenth century Siam. This colorful style became known as “bencharong”, a term that derives from two Sanskrit words – panch (‘five’) and rong (‘colour’) and which relates to the number of colours used to decorate such porcelain. This bowl is decorated with typically Thai motifs. The sides are decorated with four Thepanom (Buddhist celestial beings) each wearing a broad necklace of petals and seated on a lotus within triangular cartouches that have a coral-red ground. Four Norasingh (mythical forest-dwelling semi-deity with a human head, torso, and arms but with the hind-quarters of a lion and the tail and hoofs of a deer) against black back grounds filled with flaming pink kranok motifs. This design is framed by two floral bands top and bottom and another double band on the interior mouth rim. The interior glazed in a soft turquoise green and remnants of a floral pattern roundel on center. Sets of porcelain such as this example were commissioned from the Jingdezhen kilns in China and exported to Thailand.
6-7/8 in. in diameter x 3-5/8 high (17.5 x 9cm)
16.7 oz. (475g.)
Ayutthaya Period, 18th century.
Provenance:
German Private Collection.
For similar examples see:
William Warren & Luca Invernizzi Tettoni, Arts and Crafts of Thailand, Chronicle Books, San Francisco 1994, p.33.
Bonhams New York, Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art, 17 Sep. 2014, lot 180 With the following notes: Bencharong porcelains...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Glazed Ceramic Vase
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Very unique tall Japanese vase with abstract pattern in a variety of brown tones. The deepest brown glaze is raised, giving the vase a wonderful tac...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Organic Modern 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
Chinese Qianlong Clobbered Moulded Porcelain Plate, 18th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
OR19067
A large and stunning antique Chinese Qing porcelain charger decorated in the famille rose palette with scattered floral designs on a turquoise ground and set around five Chi...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Set of Japanese & Chinese Imari Plates Wall Decoration Porcelain, China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Perfect for interior wall decoration. We offer sets of 18-19th century Chinese/Japanese Imari plates in different sizes. Available in every quantity needed. The selection in the pictures might not be available due to stock changes, but we have around 100 Japanese/Chinese Imari plates...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Ceramic Bowl by Shigemori Yoko, Japanese Pottery exhibited in V&A Museum
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A striking hand-thrown ceramic bowl by celebrated Japanese artist Shigemori Yoko (1953–2021), known for her expressive, calligraphy-inspired brushwork and sculptural organic forms. This dynamic piece features an asymmetrical form with bold black abstract strokes against a smooth, white glaze — a signature style that blends traditional Japanese ceramic techniques with avant-garde sensibility.
The gestural brushwork evokes spontaneous ink painting and speaks to the artist’s early training in painting before turning to ceramics. The exterior is subtly textured, with soft ridges from the wheel and slight warping that enhances the tactile, handmade quality of the bowl. Both sculptural and functional, the piece embodies wabi-sabi aesthetics and would make a striking centerpiece or collectible art object.
Shigemori Yoko studied under master ceramicists Kondō Yutaka...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Jun Ware Porcelain Tripod Censer Light Blue Crackle Glaze Ming
Located in Richmond, CA
This antique Chinese censer is a remarkable example of Tang-style Jun ware, a highly esteemed ceramic art form. The piece features a compressed circular body, elegantly transitioning into a ribbed neck that culminates in a dished rim. The form is both classic and functional, designed to serve as a censer for incense burning.
What sets this censer apart is its extraordinary glaze work. The base layer is a crackled light...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
1980s Japanese Large Retro Golden Maneki Neko Beckoning Cat Coin Bank
Located in Chiba, JP
Large type retro ceramic ‘Maneki-neko’ coin bank, 1980s, Japan, approx. H 40 x W 24 x D 20 cm (15.74 x 9.44 x 7.87in). in rare very fine storage condition with just some expected sli...
Category
1980s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Porcelain Dish Hand-Painted Mandarin Ducks Qianlong, Circa 1770
Located in Katonah, NY
This gorgeous 18th-century Chinese plate was meticulously hand-painted in the Famille Rose style during the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty, circa 1770.
The center features a del...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
12th Century Khmer Vase
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 12th to 13th century mocha brownglazed stoneware jar in a apple-form body, concave neck and flared and lipped rim. Geometric motifs on leg shoulder and neck aswell as the unglazed ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Kangxi Famille Verte Plate Porcelain Long Eliza Ladies, Circa 1690
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain "Famille Verte" Plate, dating to the late 17th Century Qing Kangxi period ( 1662-1722).
This is a well potted plate, fairly deep, with a very well cut foot rim and a white glaze.
The plate is very finely hand decorated, over-glaze in a free flowing style, characteristic of the period, in the Famille Verte (green) palette with five colours of green, blue, red , yellow and a mauvy-brown with black outlining, all in varying shades with some gold gilt highlights
The central well is beautifully hand decorated with an iconic scene of two ladies (long eliza...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Famille Verte Kangxi Period Chinese Porcelain Plate 18thC Famille Rose
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This antique Kangxi plate is a truly exceptional piece of porcelain craftsmanship. It showcases an exquisite level of detail in its design, featuring a delicate chrysanthemum and pru...
Category
Early 1700s Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Vintage Royal Satsuma Vases Large 24" Tall Vase Porcelain Signed Asian
Located in Greer, SC
Pair of beautiful and intricately detailed Royal Satsuma vases, moriage and gilt adorn these stunning pieces of art. These tall statement pieces mea...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Other 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, 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.