18th Century and Earlier Ceramics

This is a hand painted Chinese Export porcelain bowl, which we date to the 17th century, Ming Dynasty. The bowl is fairly thickly potted with a fairly high, slightly undercut foot and an everted rim. The bowl is decorated inside and outside, in varying shades of under-glaze cobalt blue with various symbols and designs separated by curvy lined panels...

Very nicely decorated plate. A late Ming porcelain dish, Wanli or Tianqi Period 1620 – 1645. Very nice with a scene. Condition Overall Condition B (Good used) Rimfritting, some sm...

This is a hand-painted Chinese Export Kraak porcelain blue and white Side Plate or Dish, which we date to the Ming, Wanli period,( 1573-1620 ), dating to the early 17th Century. The...

18th century Chinese Export porcelain bowl with Mandarin scene & burnt orange ground.

This is a good Chinese porcelain plate or dish with a blue and white, hand painted river scene, which we date to the Qing dynasty, late 18th century. The dish or plate is fairly h...

An excellent, deep and large octagonal serving dish, exceptionally finely painted in underglaze blue with central reserve containing four pineapples and foliage, surrounded by a wide...

Beautiful tall porcelain colorful Chinese vase with depictions of birds and other flora and fauna. The neck of this curvy vessel boasts large Orchids in pink against a deep blue ba...

Famille rose antique hunt bowl painted in Famille-rose overglaze enamels. Made in the Qianlong period, circa 1770. Bowl depicts a hunting scene typical of Chinese Export pottery. On the outer sides of the bowl, are scenes of hunting dogs with black and white spots preparing for a hunt. In the background are trees in green, pink and brown. As well as brown barns or hunting lodges and mountains. Throughout the outside, as well as inside, are gold swirls on a blue background. Inside, is a painted scene of a man and woman on horseback riding during the hunt. The woman wears a pink overcoat, hat and horsewhip. The man, on a gray horse, is riding in a brown overcoat and red hat with Horn and a whip. In the background is a church, mountain and floral bushes in green, red and pink. This scene is on the bottom of the bowl and surrounded by a gold swirl medallion. The base of the bowl is decorated in a gold leaf print which seems to be ferns or some other type of flora. The shape is traditional: raised on a short foot with steep sides. The top rim is in a scallop shape. Made in the Qianlong period, circa 1770. The strong color palette and rich decoration are hallmarks of Chinese export hunt...