19th Century Ceramics

A fine decorative antique Japanese Meiji period porcelain plate hand painted with a bird in a landscape dating between 1868 and 1912. The large round plate with a slightly raised rim...

Japanese large mid-19th century Meiji Fukagawa signed decorative porcelain vase. It depicts the auspicious . As the viewer turns the vase around to expl...

This is a very decorative large Chinese Export vase or jar with a beautiful flambe plum coloured glaze and a six character mark to the base, which we date to the late 19th century Qing period. The vase or Jar is well potted having a baluster shape having a narrow neck with an everted rim. This is a heavy piece weighing about 3Kg unpacked The jar has a beautiful thick plum coloured flambe glaze of a peacock blue with cowpea red streaks, shading to red at the neck. Please see the images for detail. The vase or jar has a bi-ring base with a central white glazed section having a blue hand painted six character, Qing - Kangxi period ( 1662-1722) apocryphal mark, though we date this piece to the late 19th century, Qing period. Overall a very beautiful, large Chinese jar...

“Canton and Nanking are both patterns of dishes made in China from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. Both are named for cities in China where the dishes were thought to have been made, but we now know that Nanking was the port used to ship the dishes. Both patterns are blue and white and both have a scene with a landscape, building, bridge and trees. Nanking has a “spear and post” border and often has some gold trim. Canton has a “rain and cloud” border. There is sometimes a person on the bridge on a Nanking plate...

A 19th century rare large Qing dynasty flambé vase of double gourd baluster form and moulded with small vases in relief, the thrilling blue flambé glaze with flashes of white and aub...

A Chinese blue and white planter from the late 19th century, with herons, birds and flowers. Created in China during the later years of ...

Large Meiji Imari fish plate, VI A fine example, well decorated, good size, Unmarked, circa 1890 This examples measures 16-inches wide x 10.75-inche...

An antique Chinese canton bowl offers blue and white painted porcelain with figures, foliate and floral decoration inside and out with scalloped rim, 19th ...

This pair of hand-painted Chinese blue and white moon flasks date to the 19th century of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). The body of each flask...

Antique 19th century Qajar moulded calligraphic tile. 19th century Koran verse: "In the name of Allah beneficent and merciful." Rectangular form in cobalt blue thuluth inscription i...

Why We Love It: Crisp white flowers on deep blue This pair of large blue and white antique Chinese porcelain jars has exquisite decorati...

In order to keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman once used this ceramic box as a pillow. Lavishly decorated in the traditional blue-and...