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Ceramics For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
Japanese Antique Pottery Bottle 1860s-1900s/Flower Vase Wabisabi Jar Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese sake bottle. It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). It is made of ceramic and covered with paper. It is slightly cracked and reinforced with paper. The pa...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Paper

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

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 protect their elaborate hairstyles by elevating the head during slumber. This example dates to the mid-20th century and is glazed in the blue-and-white style with dark, cobalt-blue color. Each side of the headrest has a quadrilobe cartouche framing two mythical fu lions playing with a brocade ball, 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. The playful scene is surrounded by a cracked ice pattern dotted with plum blossoms, symbols of winter and longevity. A geometric meander trims the corners and small bats frame coin...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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

1960's Asian Inspired Cylindrical Vases on Brass Stands - Pair
Located in Charlotte, NC
A pair of Asian inspired table vases on brass stands, unbranded. Hand painted porcelain with a Chinoiserie design of foliate & floral in shades of white, blue & salmon colors, and a ...
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Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Ceramics

Materials

Brass

Early Large Ceramic Vase with Sang-de-boeuf Glaze by Brother Thomas Bezanson
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early ceramic long-neck vase with a brilliant copper red glaze by Benedictine monk potter Brother Thomas Bezanson (1929-2007). The minimalistic an...
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1960s American Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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

Liquidation of The Entire Stock of The NY Store of Yamanaka & Co., 1944, Cat. #1
Located in valatie, NY
Parke-Bernet Galleries Catalog, By Order of the Alien Property Custodian of the United States, Liquidation of The Entire Stock of The New York Store of Yamanaka & Co. Inc., Oriental Art, Part One, New York, 1944, 190 pages. with 939 lots. One of the three catalogues of the auctions held at the Parke Bernet Galleries in 1944. Lots included graeco buddhist, Cambodian, Siamese and Chinese sculptures and bronzes, Chinese porcelains, pottery, jade, coral carvings, pearl necklaces, Chinese paintings, lamps and screens, Chinese and Japanese furniture. The Yamanaka Company was owned by the seventh generation of the family of Ichaguro Yamanaka, who founded this worldwide business by opening a small curio...
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1940s American Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Paper

Large Pair Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Baluster Vases
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large pair Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Baluster vases. Early 20th century pair of large Chinese Famille Rose porce...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Superb Chinese Qing Qianlong Famille Rose Children Parade Porcelain Jardiniere
Located in Danville, CA
For sale is a nice Chinese Qing Qianlong period Famille Rose porcelain Jardiniere, by superb painting skill, Famille Rose colors, 100 boys in parade with drag...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing 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...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Enamel, Gold Leaf

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

Large Vintage Asian Handcrafted Vase with White Inlaid Triangular Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large vintage Asian handcrafted ceramic vase from the mid 20th century, with slender silhouette and white triangular inlaid motifs. Created in Asia during the midcentury period, th...
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Mid-20th Century Indonesian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Meiji Period Signed Fukagawa Blue & White Fish 'Flounder' Plate
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meiji Period signed Fukagawa blue & white fish 'Flounder' plate Japan Circa 1900s We are pleased to offer a rare two -headed (flounder) blue and white signed Fukagawa fish plate me...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji 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...
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Early 20th Century Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Stoneware Chamotte Bowl by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, 1960s
Located in ŚWINOUJŚCIE, 32
Gunnar Nylund bowl in earth tone colors, matte glazed in brown and yellow. This bowl is made by ceramics artist Gunnar Nylund for Swedish porcelain and...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Vintage Blue and White Porcelain Teapot with Scrolling Foliage Decor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage blue and white porcelain teapot from the mid 20th century. Created in China during the midcentury period, this lovely...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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

Japanese Kutani Porcelain Figure of a Geisha or Bijin, Showa Era, 1930's, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Kutani porcelain model of a beautiful woman, bijin, or perhaps a geisha, Showa era, circa 1930's, Japan. A charming and delightful Japanese Kutani enameled porcelain figure of a bijin or geisha, early Showa Era, circa 1930's, Japan. The elegant figure of a beautiful woman, called a bijin, or perhaps a geisha, is portrayed dressed in full kimono and holding a closed folding fan in one hand. Her kimono of a rich and deep blue hue, with images of plump pomegranates in gilt. Her wide obi of a striking red color, and patterned with branches of pink blossoms. One foot, clad in a white tabi...
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1930s Japanese Showa Vintage 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

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...
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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

Chinese Yixing Red Clay Teapot Poems & Bamboo Leaves Seal Mark, C 1950
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese handcrafted Red Clay Yixing teapot and cover, which we date to the 20th century, circa 1950. The Teapot and lid are handcrafted in an ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Clay, Stoneware

Large Chinese Late Qing Blue and White Porcelain Vase with Lid
Located in New York, NY
This late Qing, Guangxu-period "windswept" guan jar, copying an earlier Ming style, is ornamented with landscapes (on both the body of the jar and the lid), as well as floral and geo...
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Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Blue & White Transfer Decorated Charger, Unsigned, Japan, Mid 20th C.
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage blue and white transfer decorated charger - wheel thrown body - unsigned - Japan - mid 20th century. Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no restoration - g...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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

Blue Foo Lion Dog Decorative Object, circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A single Lion Foo dog ceramic decorative object, circa mid-20th century, 1960s, China. This Lion Foo Dog is a deep striking turquoise blue and makes a great decorative object for a d...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Jerusalem Polychrome Hand Painted Ceramic Plate
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage hand painted and handcrafted ceramic wall decorative plate with polychrome deer scene. It has a beautifully hand painted scene with deers enjoying the outdoors , surrounded by flowers in blue and white, turquoise, light and dark green foliage. An Islamic ceramic...
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Mid-20th Century Israeli Folk Art Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Pottery Owl
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-829 Japanese hand made and decorated large whimsical pottery owl.  
Category

1960s Japanese Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Bear Figurine in Ceramic by Knud Kyhn
Located in Berlin, BE
Bear figurine in ceramic by Knud Kyhn Ceramic figurine from Royal Copenhagen. Additional information: Material: Ceramic Artist: Knud Kyhn ...
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1950s Vintage 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

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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Japanese Ceramic Vases Early 20th Century
Located in BILBAO, ES
Chinese Ceramic vases early XX century Beautiful pieces for central decor of living room or main reception area. Beautiful blue and ocre colors with dragons and mytholgical birds. S...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Rakusai Takahashi III Signed Japanese Shigaraki Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl with Box
Located in Studio City, CA
A stunning Shigaraki ware pottery chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese master potter the 3rd Rakusai Takahashi. The bowl features a beautiful, unique natural organic ash glaze with wond...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Vintage Persian Bird Lotus Tile Scene Colorful Decor Backsplash Set 6
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Six large 20th century hand painted Persian tiles. Siliceous paste painted in polychromy under transparent colorless glaze. Each tile is 8 by...
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Mid-20th Century Persian Islamic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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

Turquoise Glazed Large Chinese Ceramic Table Lamp with Crackle Glaze
Located in Verviers, BE
Inspired by a centuries-old technique of Chinese ceramics, this elegant table lamp is a bright and dramatic shade of turquoise with a fine crackle glaze. The dimensions are measured...
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1950s French Art Nouveau Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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 ...
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1960s Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Blue & White Bowl, Hand Painted, Signed, Japan, Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage blue and white bowl - hand painted mountain views with trees - signed - Japan - mid 20th century. Excellent vintage condition - ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing 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.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Gold

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:...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

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

Japanese Arita Ware Blue and White Charger with Pink and White Chrysanthemums
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a beautiful Arita charger that has the most appealing color palette in salmon, blue and white. It is 13 inches wide and deep. It has a fluted rather...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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 ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Large Oriental Chinese Famille Rose Punch Bowl
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique large fine quality Oriental Chinese famille rose punch bowl. Dates from the mid 20th Century. Would look amazing in the righ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Studio Pottery Lava Glazed Vase
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1149 Beautiful Japanese studio lava glazed vase
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1930s Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

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

Imari Ovoid Japanese Design Vessel with Ebonized Base and Brass Finial
Located in Lomita, CA
A Japanese parcel gilt and brass mounted porcelain vessel with an ebonized wood base with a distinctive Imari motif of flowers, medallions and touches of gold. The stylized Imari pa...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

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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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Bowl, Porcelain, Japanese, Hand painted, 1940s
Located in Lejre, DK
Bowl in porcelain of Japanese origin with decorations of hand-painted colors and motifs from around the 1940s. This product will be inspected thoroughly at our professional worksh...
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1940s Danish Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Imari Style Orange, Blue and Green Vase with Ladies in Landscapes
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage Imari style palace vase from the mid-20th century, with scalloped top, orange, blue and green décor as well as people, architecture and landscape motifs. Created in China during the Midcentury period, this Imari style palace vase features a scalloped top (with an opening of 4" diameter), sitting above an exquisite blue, orange, gold and green décor. On one side, an elegant woman dressed with an ornate flowing robe is holding a fan in her left hand and is gracefully raising her right hand to her face. She is protected under an umbrella carried by her servant. In the distance, a building is surrounded by a mountainous landscape. On another side, an elegant lady is looking backwards at a small...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese 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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