Provincial Chinese Blue and White Plate, circa 1850

Calligraphic sweeps of blue bring this 19th-century footed plate to life, brushed atop a blue-grey glaze that cloaks its simple ceramic form. Once used as an everyday serving dish, t...

This 19th century porcelain saucer is a lovely example of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics. The petite dish is finely worked with thin walls and delicate brus...

This 19th-century ceramic bowl is simply shaped with tapered sides and a heavy footed base. A cool grey glaze coats the bowl inside and out, pooling at the bottom with increased opac...

This mid-19th century footed plate is cloaked in a cool, off-white glaze and brushed with calligraphic sweeps of blue, bringing life and character to its simple ceramic form. Once used as an everyday serving dish, this expressive example of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics can today be used as a decorative tabletop centerpiece...

This mid-19th century footed plate is decorated in the blue-and-white style with a pattern of stamped geometric and curvilinear motifs. At the center of the plate is a starburst meda...

An everyday example of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain, this petite footed dish charms with expressive sweeps of blue atop a blue-grey underglaze. Once used for serving food and dri...

This set of six blue and white Chinese porcelain dishes was hand-painted 300 years ago, circa 1700, during the Kangxi dynasty. According to Sir Harry Garner, author of "Oriental Blue...

A rare Chinese export porcelain plate showing the Judgment of Paris. The delicately painted figures derive from a painting by Jean Paul Rubens. Made during the Qianlong Reign, circa 1750, the plate shows the goddesses Venus, Minerva, and Juno on one side and Paris on the other side. Charged by Jupiter to pick the most beautiful of the three, Paris selects Venus and awards her the golden apple. The scene shows Rubens' version of idealized feminine beauty. The rim of the plate is decorated with a rose-red flower band. Dimensions: 9 inches diameter Condition: Excellent Price: $900 Background This dish was made exclusively for the European market based on the well-known Greek story from Homer, in which Paris, the son of the King of Troy, had to choose between several Goddesses to decide which one of them was the most beautiful. According to Greek and Roman mythology, picking Venus as the most beautiful of the three goddesses...

This pair of lovely Chinese porcelain plates were hand painted in the Famille Rose style in the mid-18th century. The center of each plate is painted in delicate colored enamels and ...

Made in the early 19th century, circa 1820, this Rose Canton plate is hand painted with eight Daoist Immortals, some riding fabulous mythical beasts....

This Chinese ceramic plate is dominated by a blue-grey glaze and features wonderful hand painted blue strokes. Once used as an every day plate it...

This Chinese ceramic plate is dominated by a blue-grey glaze and features wonderful hand painted blue strokes. Once used as an every day plate it...