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Period: 19th Century
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Kutani Japanese Meiji Porcelain Vase Painted with Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Japanese Meiji porcelain Kutani vase hand painted with decorative and a figural panel dating between 1868 and 1912. The elegantly shaped tall ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Rose Medallion Bowl
Located in Wilson, NC
This Chinese bowl is in excellent condition. There are four cartouches depicting Mandarin figures, birds, butterflies, fruit, and flowers.
Category
1860s Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Imari Charger Prunus Blossom
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a good example of an Imari Charger that features a central basket, small scalloped border with an allover cherry blossom motif with three reserves. The diameter of the charge...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Large Antique Japanese Meiji Period Porcelain Imari Lidded Jars Urns, 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A good pair of large antique Japanese Meiji period porcelain lidded jars, circa 1880.
The jars having ribbed dome shaped lids topped with lion-dog (Komainu) finials, the baluster shaped jars also of corresponding ribbed form. The lids and jars are skillfully hand-decorated in the Imari palette with blue & iron red floral decoration over a white body, on one side are a pair of floral cartouches on another side is a fan shaped cartouche.
Condition is very good indeed, no damage or restoration, a very handsome pair of 19th century Japanese Imari lidded jars...
Category
1880s Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Imari Charger-Flower Basket Center
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a classic example of a Meiji period imari charger. The charger measures 12 inches in diameter and features a central flower basket reserve surround with diapering and 3 hoho ...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Imari Scalloped Charger Plate
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous 19th-Century Japanese Imari porcelain charger with a hand painted floral design in the traditional Imari colors. This fine large plate has lovely scalloped edges and is qu...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Pair of Blue & White Nanking 'Rice Grain' Cups & Saucers, Qianlong Marked
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rare Pair of Blue & White Nanking 'Rice Grain' Cups & Saucers, Qianlong Marked
China, 19th Century or Older, Possibly a Special Order
A truly rare and exquisite pair of Blue & White Nanking pattern 'Rice Grain' Cups & Saucers, dating back to the 19th century or possibly even earlier. These exceptional pieces of Chinese porcelain might even be a special order due to their unique features.
The cups and saucers...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A pair of "butterfly" Satsuma earthenware vases, Meiji period
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of "butterfly" Satsuma earthenware vases, Meiji period
finely decorated in enamels and gilt with scenes of Samurai and retainers and high ranking female members of the househ...
Category
19th Century Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Jun Ware Streak Glazed Art Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish good quality Chinese Jun Ware pottery bowl decorated with streaked glazes on a red and pale blue glazed ground dating from the latter 19th o...
Category
19th Century Chinese Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Enamelled Porcelain Basin, Qing Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very attractive 19th century Chinese 'famille rose' porcelain basin, the deep welled interior decorated with hand painted enamels depicting flowering vines & fowl, rising up to a f...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Circa 1860 Lozenge Shaped Imari Charger
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1860 lozenge shaped Imari Charger, central medallion with birds surrounded by alternating panels with an ancient tortoise & groups of cranes. The reverse well painted. Base rim...
Category
1860s Japanese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Circa 1860 Lozenge Shaped Imari Charger
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1860 lozenge shaped Imari Charger. Quadruple quadrants with alternating birds in landscape & naturalistic motifs, surrounding a central medallion of a tea table in garden. Reve...
Category
1860s Japanese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair Large Chinese Pale Celadon Crackle Glaze Dragon Vases, 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very large and stunning pair of late 19th century Chinese Pale Celadon Crackle Glazed Dragon and Flaming Pearl Vases. The well-sculpted dragons are applied to the body of t...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Porcelain Rose Medallion Vase
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century rose medallion vase with a bulbous center section and a smaller flared out section on the bottom and a larger flared out section on the top The colors are vivid....
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Bowl Signed Suizan
Located in Newark, England
Japanese Meiji period satsuma scalloped shaped bowl. The bowl of beautiful form with gilt pin-striping and dotting to the accented areas. The exterior decorated with multiple fish swimming around the outside with small flower sprays between. To the inside a painted netting covers the bowl with butterflies and further floral sprays. The centre decorated with representations of each of the woodcut prints from Hiroshige's Tokaido gojusan tsugi (53 Stations of the Tokaido Road). To the base a stylised cartouche signature within an oval for Suizan.
This Japanese satsuma bowl...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Rose Medallion Garden Seat
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion porcelain garden seat, painted with panels depicting interior scenes of birds and flowers.
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Quatrefoil Rose Mandarin Footed Fruit Bowl*, Circa 1850
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Chinese Quatrefoil Rose Mandarin Footed Fruit Bowl*, Circa 1850
China, circa 1850s
* Reference
Chinese Export Porcelain, Standard patte...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Chinese Ceramic Vase in the Japanese Style
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Late 19th century Chinese ceramic vase in the Japanese style, bulbous in shape with painted naturalistic detailing of trees, water, and birds. Solid deep blue banding highlights the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Meiji Period Satsuma Earthenware Vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Meiji period Satsuma earthenware vases, each with applied elephant-mask handles, painted in overglaze pastel enamels and gilt with a continuous central frieze of sages and ...
Category
1880s Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Japanese Teabowl, So Called Chawan, Late 19th C
Located in Stockholm, SE
A charming Japanese tea bowl glazed in beige color with a pattern of a net on top. On the rim it has a few chips that have been overpainted with gilt...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Antique Japanese Satsuma Ovoid Vase, Signed-Dozan, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A Fine Antique Japanese Satsuma Ovoid Vase. Signed-Dozan. Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century.
Decorated in enamels and gilt with a continuous scene depicting the Shichifukujin (Seven Gods...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Qing Porcelain Vase with Hand-Painted Figures and Calligraphy Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period porcelain altar vase from the 19th century with hand-painted figures and calligraphy décor. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period in the 19th ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Kutani Charger
Located in Wilson, NC
This charger has two 1 1/2" hairline cracks, but is very solid.
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
English Ironstone Imari Platter
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an exceptionally large English mid-19th century Victorian Ironstone Platter decorated in a beautifully detailed Japanese Imari pattern. The enameling is sharp with deep coloration and the overlaid gold is in very good original condition. The platter is marked "Stone China" on the reverse. The platter is in very good overall condition with normal patination and very minimal losses to the painted decoration. There is a bit of wear to the underside of the rim which does not detract from the value of the platter. Platers of this size are very uncommon and desirable. This piece could be installed as a work of art or even fitted with a custom table base...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone, Paint
Imari Porcelain Charger-Four Hand Painted Panels-Japan, Meiji Period, 17.75"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Imari Meiji period four panel charger entirely hand decorated. Two of the panels depict flying cranes amongst foliage. The remaining two panels are hand decorated with a floral...
Category
1880s Japanese Japonisme Antique Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Japanese ceramic box with lid, 19th c
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Japanese ceramic box with lid. The glazing has motives of flying swans. A signature at the bottom of the box.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Japanese Parcel-Gilt Porcelain Dish
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese parcel-gilt porcelain dish
Japanese, late 19th century
Measures: Height 7.5cm, diameter 37cm
This fine porcelain dish is a superb piece Satsuma ware from the Me...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Water Well Bucket, Wishing Well Vase
By Satsuma
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This Japanese porcelain vase is barrel shaped with a yolk handle. It is both finely and intricately hand painted. It pictures groups of scholars with scrolls dressed in elaborate brocade kimonos...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Porcelain Hand Painted Figure of a Cockerel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning antique Chinese Qing hand painted porcelain figure of a cockerel, possibly Kangxi or later. The cockerel sits on a flat base with a raised head and with tucked in wings an...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Canton Famille Rose Large Baluster Vase, Qing Dynasty, Ca. 1840
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A large Canton Famille rose baluster vase, of baluster form, with a tall waisted neck, an everted scalloped rim, the neck and shoulders with applied paired confronting Foo lions and ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Lamps with Ormolu Mounts, Circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique exceptional quality Japanese Satsuma porcelain lamps with ormolu mounts, circa 1890.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ormolu
Chinese Qing 19th Century Altar Vase with Hand-Painted Flowers and Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty hand-painted altar vase from the 19th century, with floral décor and gilt trim. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this altar vase features a narrow fla...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Qing Sancai Glazed Immortal Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Chinese porcelain figure of Immortal decorated in sancai glazes dating from 19th century. The figure stands raised on a six-sided pedestal...
Category
19th Century Asian Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Imari Lidded Vase
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is lovely Japanese Imari vase, hand painted in traditional Imari colors of cobalt and bittersweet. The vase is topped by a deep bell-shaped top with a finial in the form of a do...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Other Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American* Market Landscape Vases & Covers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American* Market Landscape Vases & Covers
China, Circa 1800
* American/ European Market, considered to the Chinese to be the same market, by many. it's been suggested the front and back vignettes of houses in landscape on this model, were painted from a European print the Chinese porcelain workshops acquired.
A extraordinary find, a pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American/ European Market painted in sepia, colors and gilt vases & covers, with twelve (12) placed American/ European and Chinese motif vignettes.
Each vase complete with its original cover/ lid with gilt recumbent foo-dog, with two front and back oval vignettes of a Chinese tree in landscape.
Each of the baluster vases, exquisitely hand-painted front and back with a similar American/ European topographical view of country houses with trees landscape. (The Chinese porcelain workshops probably copied these scenes from a European print) Surrounded by an elaborate painted and enameled trellis with vines and leaves.
Some traces worn, additional gilt decoration is evident.
Both sides of the vases are decorated with an upper elongated cartouche painted...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Japanese "Imari" Porcelain Plate on Stand
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stunning antique 19th century Japanese "Imari" porcelain plate on stand.
18" diameter plate. (21" high on stand).
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Meiji Period Large Japanese Imari Bowl Centerpiece
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Meiji period large Japanese Imari bowl centerpiece
This large, distinctive, octagonal porcelain Imari bowl is painted in rich, inky blue, co...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Pistol Handle Urn, wired as a Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Pistol Handle Urn, wired as a lamp.
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Nagoya Japanese Meiji Hand Painted Tea Wares with Herons
By Nagoya Craftsmen
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very finely made Japanese Nagoya Meiji porcelain tea set hand painted with water birds amidst flowering Iris dating from around 1900. The teaset comprises of a teapot and cover, a ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Annamese 19th Century Storage Vessel with Green and Blue Glazed Effects
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Annamese ceramic storage vessel from the 19th century, with blue and green glaze and loop handles. Created during the 19th century, this la...
Category
19th Century Vietnamese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Of Chinese Famille Rose Hexagonal Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Unusual hexagonal form with overall painted decoration.The base with pierced decoration. Now mounted as lamps.
Category
1860s Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique ca 1900 Japanese Meiji or Taisho Satsuma Powder Box
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
Sharing with you is this nice satsuma powder box with landscape pagode scene
Marked at base: Unreadable
Condition
Overall Condition 1 small restoration to rim b...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Ceramic Vase by Ito Tozan I Meiji Period
By Ito Tozan I
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stoneware vase of a jar form was finely decorated with low relief carving and delicate colored glazes depicting bundles of peony flowers. It was made by Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) circa 1890-1900s in the late Meiji Period. The color pallet was both bold and subtle, with dark green and rusty leaves with golden outlines and white and light yellow peony petals covering much of the surface. Impressed with potter's mark on the base.
Examples of two pieces by Ito Tozan I were in the collection of MNAAG (Guimet) Paris. Inventory no. MG 13790 an 13792.
A vase with similar shape and decoration techniques is featured as Lot 1340 Fine Japanese Art, 13 Sep 2017 Bonhams New York
Tozan Ito I established his ceramic business in Kyoto 1867. His studio made both porcelain and stoneware in a style some considered Satsuma while they retained a sophistication of Kyoto ware...
Category
1890s Japanese Japonisme Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Meiji Period Satsuma Earthenware Floor Vase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Meiji period Satsuma earthenware floor vase, the skittle shaped body painted in pastel overglaze enamels and gilding with a continuous frieze of the Seven Gods...
Category
1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Two Blue & White Porcelain Glazed Yuan-Style Weights
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Two Chinese Blue & White under glazed porcelain weights in the Yuan (1279-1368) style but probably later. The weights are of tapered square-section shape with a rounded pierced top w...
Category
19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Korean Ceramic Faceted Wine Bottle Vase Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean ceramic bottle with octagonal faceted form with underglaze copper red decoration. The robust bottle with the long neck and a relatively thick built was used to hold liquor such as wine and it was from Joseon dynasty, likely late period (circa mid-late 19th century). The bottle was covered in a milky white glaze with a pleasant warm yellow tint. It has an underglaze iron red paint of branches of gingko leaves on the front and the back side. The color was oxidated into an ochre brown hue instead of iron red. The octagonal form extends nicely from the opening to the base, continuing through the body and makes this bottle geometrically interesting. The rustic paint of the gingko leaves also render the piece a folky modern appeal.
For three faceted wine bottles from different period of Joseon Dynasty, see illustration 2, 71 and 73 of "Five Centuries of Korean Ceramics Pottery and Porcelains of the Yi Dynasty...
Category
19th Century Korean Archaistic Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Rose Famille Decorated Chrysanthemum Motif Charger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Chinese Rose Famille decorated Chrysanthemum motif charger
China, Circa 1850s
A large and unique work with non typical continuous decoration. Of circular form with a wide decorated blue and white and gilt Chrysanthemum border, the center decorated with numerous scattered blue and gilt Prunus flowers, the center with vignette of pink Chrysanthemums...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Six Chinese Porcelain Plate from the 18th and 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of six Chinese porcelain plates from the 18th to the 19th century. From an Imari plate, a plate of the India Company or a plate "Blanc Bleu", travel through the centuries and sty...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Imari Charger, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A nicely decorated Japanese Meiji Period Imari charger, late 19th century, Japan.
The porcelain charger featuring a design of a hoho bird, or phoenix, per...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
19c Perekanan Straits Nyonya Pink Famille Rose Phoenix Plate Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Beautiful Chinese porcelain plate with a stunning colour and good quality painting. Made for the Straits Chinese market (Malaysia / Singapore). Marked at base.
Pictured and describe...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique ca 1900 Japanese Satsuma Taizan Teapot Richly Decorated Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Japanese Satsuma vase, Meiji period
of ovoid form with slightly domed cover, decorated with monkeys in robes frolicking in a landscape beside a river.
Condition
Overall Conditio...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Plate "Famille Rose" Butterfly Decorations 19th Century China
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This beautiful porcelain plate is produced from the Qing period, called "Famille rose" porcelain. With a white background, it is decorated with polychrome butterflies, plants and flo...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Famille Rose Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Wonderful pair of matched Chinese famille rose lamps. Out of a great Palm Springs estate, these lamps were featured in a beautifully designed...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Famille Rose Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl or Dish
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine small Chinese export porcelain bowl.
With famille rose decoration, blue underglaze cells, and a scalloped edge.
It was likely made for either the American or Europe...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
1920's Holy Water Font Lady of Guadalupe and Angel in Alabaster and Agate
Located in BILBAO, ES
1920's Holy water font with Lady of Guadalupe and angel in light green alabaster and agate with a beautiful translucent quality and the many colors that can be achieved from this spe...
Category
19th Century Mexican American Craftsman Antique Ceramics
Materials
Agate, Alabaster
Antique Ca 1900 Japanese Satsuma Jar with Figures Richly Decorated Unmarked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
Japanese Satsuma vase with cover, Meiji period
The first of ovoid form, the domed cover surmounted by a seated boy, decorated with scenes of noble figures in palace i...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Pair of Early Period Makuzu Kozan Takauki High-Relief Vases
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning pair of ceramic vases with gilt, paint and high-relief decoration by imperial artist Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916, also known as Miyagawa Kozan) circa 1876-81 (late Meiji period). These vases belong to early period (1876-1881) of Kozan's repertoire, during which time the high relief sculpturing (known as Takauki ware) was used as a distinguished technique on top of the traditional gilt and paint ornaments of satsuma ware. Due to the relatively limited production and the fragile nature of these wares, not a large quantity of the examples remained in the first place, not mentioning a fine matching signed pair in such impressive sizes.
Not only a rarity, this pair of vases is also superb in workmanship, thus the fine example of the work from that short and unique period of the artist's career before he switched to the underglaze period. In a conceptually mirrored fashion, the surface is richly decorated with flying cranes among large lotus leaves and flower, like an idyllic aqua scenery of pure poetry on a circular scroll. The high-relief appliques were rendered and composed in realistic fashion but with a dramatic touch. They are literally about to break the surface free, alive and in motion. The dark colors of the glaze were used to set a moody tone. The approach to create this type of ornamentations is more akin to sculpturing an ink painting in three-dimension than ceramic making. It is not hard to imagine the demand of both the artistry and the technique.
Both vases were signed as "Makuzu Kozan Kiln" and each further with another name and seal, which are most likely the individual artist involved in the making process. Similar signatures can be seen in the reference book below.
For similarly Takauki vases, see Miyagawa Kozan Makuzu...
Category
1870s Japanese Japonisme Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique 19th C Meiji Japanese Satsuma Plate, Charger Very Large Unmarked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very large Japanese Satsuma Plate of playing boys, Meiji Period. Incredible and very detailed piece. Just superb
Condition
Perfect, just some usage...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji 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.
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