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Ceramics For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1980s
Antique Meiji Wucai Style Porcelain Jar & Cover, Japan, Early 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Meiji period Wucai style hand painted porcelain jar and cover - featuring flowering branches of multicolor blossoms and leaves - all on a white ground with pale blue rim to t...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Nippon, Morimura Bros., Antique Hand Painted Center Bowl, Japan, C. 1911-21
By Royal Nippon Hinode
Located in Chatham, ON
NIPPON - MORIMURA BROTHERS (Manufacturer) - Antique hand painted ceramic center bowl - rare design featuring flowers and arabesque scrolls in the P...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Enamel, Gold Leaf

Chinese Famille Rose Millefleurs Vase
Located in Kensington, CT
Lovely Chinese Famille Rose Millefleurs porcelain vase. Late Qing Dynasty to Republican Period. Baluster form with all over polychrome enamel flor...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Monumental Famille Rose Porcelain Vases
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A pair of Chinese Famille Rose porcelain vases with an outdoor figural scene under flowering branches. Top of each vase is bordered with a curved geometric pattern and the base is bo...
Category

Early 20th Century Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Large Antique Thai Monochrome Glazed Storage Jar with Tapering Lines
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large antique Thai storage jar from the early 20th century, with brown monochrome glazed finish and tapering lines. Created in Thailand during the e...
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Early 20th Century Thai Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Satsuma Vase Yabu Meizan Meiji
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Satsuma baluster form vase from the studio of Yabu Meizan (birth name Yabu Masashichi; 1853-1934), who is one of the most celebrated and collectible Satsuma artists from Meiji Peri...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Two Set of Japanese Ceramic Bowls and Sauce Dish Set, Ric.068
Located in Norton, MA
A set of Japanese ceramic bowls and sauce dish set with dark rims and soft organic form. H: 3 in (7.6cm) W: 6 in (15.24 cm) L: 7 in (17.78 cm)H:...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Pair Antique Chinese Export Rust Colored Porcelain Urns Made Into Lamps
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique Chinese export rust colored porcelain urns made into lamps on hand-made bases.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Massive Arita Blue & White Charger - Hand Painted/Gilded - Japan - 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Arita blue and white charger - hand painted - gilt details - massive size - three kiln stilt marks to the base - unsigned - Japan - mid 20th century...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Japanese Awaji Burgundy Jars
Located in Malibu, CA
These antique Awaji jars have a deep burgundy color with a beautiful translucence created by such high temperatures during firing, that it borders on stoneware. The interior brush ma...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Chinese Speckle Glazed Onion Shape Bottle Shaped Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine quality Chinese onion shape bottle vase decorated in mottled glazes dating from the latter 19th or 20th century. The stoneware vase stands raised on a narrow round foot and ha...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Japanese Okinawa Ceramic Showa Period Awamori Sake Pottery Dachibin Hip Flask
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful hand painted and decorated traditional Okinawan ceramic awamori/sake flask, also known as a dachibin. These handcrafted pieces were originally designed to be carried and worn against the hip, hence the curved shape. This piece is from a collector of fine Japanese and Asian ceramics and pottery works - a collection like no other we have seen. We believe this flask is from the early to mid-1900s. Would be a great addition to any Japanese ceramics...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Lucky Girl Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman would use a rigid headrest or neck pillow to keep her head elevated. Whether functional or purely decorative, such headrests were crafted from a variety of materials and were often decorated with elaborate patterns or symbolic motifs. This porcelain headrest...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Qing Dynasty, Couple of Glazed Majolica Foo Dogs
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful pair of ornaments in the shape of foo dogs, protectors of the home and the world. One represents the woman with the child in her hand and o...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Plates with Garden Scenes, C. 1900
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 opaque overglaze enamels that favored roses and pinks, famille rose porcelain ware was crafted with the same technical virtuosity as imperial porcelain but designed for Western tastes. This pair of fine porcelain dishes is a beautiful example of famille rose, decorated with pastel enamels in a palette of purple, turquoise, and pink. The center of each plate is decorated with a calm scene of a woman and a young boy in a garden, surrounded by flowering plum branches and lingzhi fungi of immortality. The scene is bordered by an all-over purple fish...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the Qing dynasty, rigid headrests such as this were used by upper-class women to protec...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th Century Blue & White Chinese Porcelain Jar with Hand-Painted Motif
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
An early 20th century blue & white Chinese porcelain jar with hand-painted motif featuring birds. Dimensions: Height 24cm x diameter 20cm.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Other Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Persian Hand Painted Earthenware Vase with a Deer and Bird
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a small collection of five Persian hand painted pottery vases is this stylish earthenware rectangular shaped vase hand painted with a bird and a deer amidst flowering stems and ...
Category

Early 20th Century Qatari Islamic Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Monumental Pre 1920 Japanese Imaxi Jardiniere
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a monumental Japanese Imaxi porcelain jardiniere. Wonderful colors have been used, blue, both dark and light, gold, reds and white, depicting scenes of a pair of woman walking along a creek above a traditional Japanese bridge, with a small house across the creek. Add more Japanese and Asians motifs and you have this stunning work of art. Jardiniere sits on a simple round wooden stand...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Gold

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This square ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the Qing dynasty, rigid headrests such as this were used by upper-class women to prote...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Celadon Glazed Temple Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman would use a rigid headrest or neck pillow to keep her head elevated. Whether functional or pure...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Miniature Satsuma Vase Yabu Meizan Meiji
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Satsuma vase from the studio of Yabu Meizan (birth name Yabu Masashichi; 1853-1934), who is one of the most celebrated and collectible Satsu...
Category

Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Yixing Red Clay Teapot Poems & Bamboo Leaves Seal Mark, C 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese handcrafted Red Clay Yixing teapot and cover, which we date to the 20th century, circa 1930. The Teapot and lid are handcrafted in a...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Clay, Stoneware

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

Japanese Dragon Vase
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Japanese hand crafted glazed pottery dragon vase
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Large Pair Chinese Export Style Sated Dogs
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large pair of Chinese Export style seated dogs. A true pair one facing the right, the other to the left. Exquisitely modeled and painted, with blue and gold gilt...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This large ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the Qing dynasty, rigid headrests such as this were used by upper-class women to protect their elaborate hairstyles by elevating the head during slumber. This example dates to the early 20th century and is glazed in the blue-and-white style with rich, cobalt-blue color. The headrest is decorated on all sides with mythical fu lion dogs playing with ribbon-tied brocade balls, a motif that evokes the idiom "may you and your descendant achieve high rank." A powerful and benevolent guardian, the fu lion (shizi) is the perfect force to protect against nightmares and bad energy. A geometric meander trims the corners and small dragon-like bats frame coin...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Large Urns, Having Bronze Rim and Foot, Marked on the Bottoms
Located in Norton, MA
Pair of Porcelain Urns, having bronze rim and foot, 20th century, Oriental seal mark on the bottoms, height 12 1/2 inches.  Ric071.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Kutani Treasure Boat 'Takarabune' Censer, Taisho Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderful Japanese Kutani porcelain incense burner, koro, in the form of a treasure ship, Takarabune, Taisho Period (1912 - 1926), Japan. The censer boldly modeled as the legendary Takarabune, or Treasure Ship, a mythical ship said to carry the shichifukujin, the Seven Lucky Gods, around the heavens during the first days of the New Year, visiting lucky humans to bring blessings and prosperity. The black bodied, single mast ship sails on the water, its sail full of wind and decorated with the character "takara", meaning treasure. The pierced top of the ship serving as the cover for the censer. It is loaded with magical items and treasure, most prominently, a large coral branch...
Category

1910s Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Double Steamed Wine Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century ceramic jar is formed in a traditional shape meant for storing wine and spirits made from rice and grains. Known as cheng, these jars are defined by having a ...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Japanese Porcelain Gold, Ivory & Black with Florals Plate, Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Japanese porcelain plate, hand-decorated gold, ivory & black with florals, Circa 1900.
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Huge Antique Year Of Dragon Blue Dragon Vase, Brilliant Color, 37 Inch
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an exceptionally tall 37" antique monumental monochrome blue cobalt crackle glazed dragon vase with a dramatic and impressive "curling dragon" wrapped around its stem. It was crafted by the master artisans of the Japanese southern Awaji Kiln, from the late Meiji to Taisho period (1910-1920). The impressive porcelain vase crafted in a tubular modernist form with an original brilliant blue tone glazed finish and with an applied curling dragon sculpture. It is unsigned as many normally were from that period and is in original condition with normal kiln origination surface creation imperfections. Dimensions: 37 inches tall and 8.5 inches diameter top and with an 13 inch diameter widest diameter Provenance: private New England collection. Undoubtedly influenced by the modernist movement and more likely by the visit to the Awaji kilns by the noted English designer Christopher Dresser of Linthorpe Art...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Japanese Miniature Hand Painted Porcelain Ginger Jar
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted Japanese porcelain miniature ginger jar with handled top. Old Japan motifs of a peacock with chrysanthemum flower, dogwood trees, clouds and and butterfly. Stamped with signature on bottom, T & T Made in Japan Hand paint.
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Small 20th Century Japanese Millefleur Satsuma Vase with Shimazu Crest
Located in Hamburg, DE
A round vase decorated with various flowers, colorful chrysanthemum-filled ground emulating the Chinese style of porcelain known as mille fleur. Each leaf and detail with a fine gold...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Blue Glazed Tripod Censer
Located in Chicago, IL
Censers have been used for thousands of years in Chinese culture as an element of prayer, ritual, and funerary rites. Placed within a shrine and filled with burning incense, the censer issues fragrant smoke that the duration of the ritual and acts as an offering to one's ancestors or religious deities. This round ceramic incense burner...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Chinese Brown / Black Glazed Pickling Jar, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Antique Jar dating to the early 1900s once served the purpose of pickling foods. The jar features a wonderful mixed brown / black glaze as well as engraved characters near its m...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Foo Lion Dog Green and Yellow Ceramic, circa 1930s
Located in New York, NY
A single ceramic Lion Foo dog decorative object, circa early-20th century, 1930s, China. This Lion Foo Dog is green and yellow with dark brown accents and base. Piece and makes a great decorative object for a desk, shelf, library, cocktail table, etc. Dimensions: 5.75" Height. For agate dish...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Head Doll, Early 20th C
Located in Stockholm, SE
A charming head doll made of painted clay depicting a young boy. Below the doll is a note in Swedish that it was given as cristmas-present in 1925.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Clay

20th Century Antique Chinese Qing Era Porcelain Foo Dogs
Located in Pomona, CA
This pair of magnificent Chinese antique Porcelain lions/foo dogs statuary are hand made and hand carved porcelain. According to historical ...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Awaji Pottery Beehive Form Water Coupe Pot
By Minpei Kilns
Located in Wilton, CT
Japanese Awaji pottery brush washer. Circa 1880's. Minpei kiln. Impressed plover mark. 3 1/2" high, 5" diameter. Small gilt lacquer repair at mouthrim.
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Chinese Shiwan Glazed Ceramic Jar / Planter, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful glaze typical of Chinese "Shiwan" pottery adorns this early 20th Century Chinese storage jar. The jar likely occupied a private home to store grains or other household dr...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Shiwan Green Glazed Ceramic Jar / Planter, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful green glaze typical of Chinese "Shiwan" pottery adorns this early 20th Century Chinese storage jar. This pot also has a wonderful turquoise hue. Shiwan ware is a style of...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

"Blanc de Chine" Guanyin with Lotus Flower Porcelain, circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Porcelain "Blanc de Chine" Statuette of a Guanyin stand on a lotus leaf, holding a lotus flower. China. Early 20th century.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Ceramics

Chinese Famille Rose 'Wu Shuang Pu' Platter
Located in Bradenton, FL
This rare Chinese porcelain platter is boldly decorated and to the top with heroic characters from the 'Wu Shuang Pu', the Table of Peerless Heroes, each ...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Persian Hand Painted Earthenware Vase with a Hen and Cockerel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a small collection of five Persian hand painted pottery vases is this stylish earthenware bottle shaped vase hand painted with a hen and cockerel amidst flowering stems and dati...
Category

Early 20th Century Qatari Islamic Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle with Hand-Painted Characters, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A Japanese ceramic Sake Jar from the early 20th century. The jar features glazed ceramic and hand-painted characters. Dimensions: Height 26cm x diamet...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Other Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Kichizaemon Raku Seinyu XIII "13th" Signed Antique Japanese Raku Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully glazed, impeccably made Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese master potter the 13th Kichizaemon Raku, Seinyu (1887-1944) who was the eldest son of Konyu - the 12th Kichizaemon of the Raku family line of potters - known as the most noted and celebrated tradition of pottery within the world of Japanese tea. Kichizaemon Raku was the 13th master to carry on the family's esteemed name and tradition. The bowl features shifting textures and deep, rich colours which radiate in the light. The term "Raku" was derived from the site where clay was dug in Kyoto in the late 16th century. The Kanji character for Raku translates to "enjoyment" or "fun/delightful" For 15 generations it has been the title and seal used by a lineage of potters whose work formed the central tradition in Japan. This lineage believes that 'Raku' refers to the potters who use the technique, not the technique itself. In the 16th century, the first of these potters, Chojiro is said to have come under the patronage of the Japanese tea master, Sen-No-Rikyu. According to legend, in 1598 a few years after Chojiro's death, ruler, Hideyoshi Toyotomi bestowed upon his adopted son, Jokei, a golden seal with the written symbol "Raku." Both the name and the ceramic style have been passed down through the family to the present ever since. The name and the style of ware have become influential in both Japanese culture and literature. Raku ware marked an important point in the historical development of Japanese ceramics, as it was the first ware to use a seal mark and the first to focus on close collaboration between potter and patron. Other famous Japanese clay artists...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Glazed Ceramic and Silver Koro Incense Burner Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A tri-pod ceramic incense burner (koro) by Japanese Imperial potter Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916) circa late Meiji to the start of Taisho period (1890-1910s). A fine example of the artist's work belonging to the late part of his underglaze paint phase (started around 1887 until his death), the surface of the koro was painted in beautiful shades of blue to depict a continuous landscape not unlike a traditional ink and watercolor hand scroll. The rise and fall mountains recede and fade into the horizon and are dotted with groves of pines. The sky is painted with a beautiful subtle shade of pink, suggesting a time of sunrise or sunset. The koro is fitted with an ensuite reticulated sterling silver hoya (incense cover), pierced with swirling cloud and marked with "pure silver' in Kanji. The base is signed in underglaze blue "Makuzu Kozan Sei" within a double ring. The piece is beautifully potted in form and the decoration was done with expertise using the novel technique developed by Kozan called Fuki-e (the blow painting), in order to achieve the striking landscape known as "Mountain and Water" with sense of dimensions and gradient, the poetic effects normally conveyed only by sumi ink staining on paper. The piece comes with an unsigned tomobako (wood storage box) of a recent age. Also known as Miyagawa Kozan (1842–1916), Makuzu Kozan was 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 artists 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. Being one of the most creative ceramists, Kozan started experimenting with new chemical colors from the West in the format of his porcelain glaze around 1880s. New colors allowed him to create underglaze designs 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...
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Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Ceramics

Materials

Silver

Antique Chinese Rose Medallion Porcelain Charger, circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Chinese Rose Medallion charger offers porcelain construction with garden scenes having butterflies and flowers, en verso signed as ph...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Early 20th Century 'Republic Period' Chinese Urn Vases
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of early 20th Century (Republic Period) Chinese urn vases created in the traditional cloisonne method. The miniature vases features brass metal forms with a classic baluster shape. The surface has been exquisitely hand decorated in colored enamel with cherry blossoms and flower patterns growing out of a turquoise rock formation. Both come with their original wooden display stands...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Brass

Chinese Green Glazed Jar / Planter, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful blue-green glaze adorns this early 20th Century Chinese storage jar along with a stunning crackled finish. Jars such as these would be used to store grains amid people's ...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Shiwan Green Glazed Ceramic Jar / Planter, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful green glaze typical of Chinese "Shiwan" pottery adorns this early 20th Century Chinese storage jar. The jar likely occupied a private home to store grains or other househ...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Chinese Green Glazed Ceramic Soy Sauce Jar, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This glazed Chinese ceramic jar from the turn of the 19th Century was once used for soy sauce production. It features a wonderful green glazed finish and out...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Blue and White Chinese Export Milk Pitcher
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Chinese Export blue and white small jug or pitcher decorated with Chinese landscape scenes featuring pagoda and nature elements.      
Category

Early 20th Century Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain He-He Er Xian Group, Early 20th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A delightful famille verte enameled porcelain figural group of the He-He Er Xian, the Twins of Harmony and Union, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China. The He-He Er Xian are portr...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

PAIR Chinese Export Large Tureens Porcelain Famille Rose Finely Hand Painted
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are an outstanding PAIR of Chinese Export Porcelain Large Lidded Tureens, beautifully hand painted. These high quality Tureens are very finely hand painted in great detail. The patterns show groups of ladies in different outdoor scenes on a verandah outside a house, both fishing and gazing into a large fish bowl...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Ceramic Centerpiece Bowl Makuzu Kozan Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful ceramic vessel in the form of Bo, the so-called monk's alms bowl 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 circa 1870s and later became one of the appointed artists 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. Of a relatively large size, this piece was made as a decorative center piece for display. It was brilliantly decorated with underglaze paint of a green-on-green bamboo motif, using the novel technique developed by Kozan called Fuki-e (the blow painting). As a result, the bamboos appear took on a three-dimensional quality as if appearing in a mist. Known as one of the most creative ceramists, circa 1887, 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. To create design 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 Taikan...
Category

Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Thousand Butterfly Plate
Located in Wilson, NC
This plate is marked made in China, which dates it after 1919.
Category

1920s Chinese Vintage 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.

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