18th Century and Earlier Bowls and Baskets

Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Oval Platters, Qianlong Period, circa 1760, with hand-painted floral motifs and labels to undersides. 9.25" Diameter x 1" H. Provenance:...

Indonesian large petrified wood bowl. Black and taupe in color. Organic free form shape.

A very nicely potted and painted blue and white Kosometsuke plate of a desirable cobalt blue! Stunning piece with beautiful scene of lotus flowers. Chenghua marked at the base. Addi...

A very nicely decorated plate. Symbols and Flowers Condition Overall Condition 1 chip and 4 lines. Also some tiny tension lines in the plate. Size: 22.1x3.7CM Period 17th century Qi...

Ming dynasty Jiajing or Wanli period blue and white kraak plate with a Horse. Nice decoration Jingdezhen to the World and Kraak Porcelain - Jorge Welsh. ...

An early and rare 18th century Dutch Delft sweetmeat dish having eggyolk and soft gray-blue overall decorative design with a depiction of a lady sitting...

A very nicely decorated plate. Part of the late Yongzheng / Qianlong Famille Everything. At this point in time the potter is Jingdezhen used all techniques and colors on export plate...

Small bird plate. Hand-painted small dish / vide-poche with birds and insects in a landscape with soft gold rim. Underglaze blue crown marks for Ludwigsbur...

A very nicely decorated Set of 5 dishes in Blue and white, Kangxi Period. Decorated in the centre with a pagode garden scene. The border with flowers and bamboo. Additional informa...

Sharing this saucer dish or pattipan of heart shape on a similar shaped footring. On the base some spur-marks. Decorated in underglaze blue with a Dutch river scene showing a sailing...

A Kakiemon dish Edo Period ( 17th century) Decorated in typical coloured enamels on underglaze blue, flowers and foliage and birds among rocks Color bursting from it Period; 1660- 1...

This exquisite copper bowl is a piece of artistry, designed to bring comfort and warmth to the user during winter months. Crafted with utmost care and skill, it features ornate brass handles with two concentric circle mounts, S-scroll and roundel handle designs – all intricately detailed for an elegant effect. The rim has been thinly rolled to showcase the lobed crenellation alternating with ovals, a testament to the artisan’s deft touch and meticulous attention to detail. The main body of the bowl is adorned with chased roundels, hammered from underneath in a process known as repoussé. This technique imparts a relief-like effect to the surface, enhancing the visual depth and texture of the piece. The reservoir is yet another testament to the artisan’s mastery, adorned with five volutes surrounded by intermittent roundels over a lightly fluted background. The bowl was designed to hold hot coals, serving a practical purpose of warming the legs and feet during winter months while seated at the table. Today, it would make a lovely addition to an antique copper collection.

A Kakiemon dish Edo Period (late 17th century) Color bursting from it Period; 1670- 1700 Provenance: From the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022) Phillip Allen was a much-loved...

Sharing with you this very nicely decorated plate. What you see is a Jingdezhen made porcelain dish from around 1720-1730. Later decorated with a Rare type of decoration in Red, Gree...

Lovely decorated piece. A rare type China Jingdezhen kilns Ming Dynastie, Jiajing reign (1522-1566) Provenance: – Private collection Netherlands Additional information: Material: Po...

Great Ming plate with a Kraak lay out. Most likely 16th century. Southern China - Swatow - Zhangzou. Decoration of 1 deer at night under a clouded moon and ...

A very nicely decorated plate with beautiful Green Glaze and a carved underglaze scene of flowers. Possibly Dated to the late Ming or transitional pe...

This important antique "Tian" (Provencal term for serving bowl), was crafted in Provence, southern France circa 1780. The round handmade terracotta bowl has a subtle green glaze on t...

A very nicely and unusually decorated set of plates. Yongzheng/Qianlong period. Great decoration. Unmarked Base. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Decoration Ty...

Beautiful dish in blue and white, late ming period Tianqi or Chongzhen. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Decoration Type / Colour: Blue & White, Ko-Sometsuke Re...

Beautiful and rare black marble (Belgium blue stone) mortar, France, circa 1750-1850. Great eyecatcher. Weathered but good condition.

Sharing with you this very nice edo period, 1666/1680, example. A rare version with Fan in the border Unmarked Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin...

A very nicely decorated Set of 2 dishes Flower scene with dragonfly also. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Decoration Type / Colour: Blue & White Region of Ori...

Porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japan Period: 17th century, 18th century Con...

An Arita dish in storage box. Edo Period ( 17th century) Decorated in overglaze enamel on underglaze blue. Flowers, landscape, Dragon and Phoenix. Color bursting from it. Period; 16...

A very nicely made piece of 18th century porcelain decorated with Flowers. Underglaze blue and overglaze other enamels done in Europe. This is an example of British overdecoration. ...

Sharing with you this beautiful Bowl. Arita early 18th century. Underglaze blue and overglaze red Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japan Peri...

A wonderful Trough - Mangeoire from the South of France. Wonderfully carved from a very dense log of ironwood. A terrific accent piece for any kitchen or table top. Super patina.

A very nicely decorated plate. Late Ming. Flowers and peaches. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Period: 17th century Transitional (1620...

Damaged, but the best painted version I have ever seen Sharing with you this fantastic and unusual Chinese porcelain dish. Decorated in Encre de Chine or En grisaille. The centre wit...

Ca. 3000-2500 BC A terracotta bowl from the Indus Valley in a substantial size and flaring, deep body resting upon a low ring base. While the exterior surface remains impeccably smo...

Qianlong, 18th century,Famille Rose Famile rose enamels with the Valentines pattern. Two love birds. Attached Silver handle with nice engravings. Additional information: Material: P...

Earthenware dish on footring. flat rim. Decorated in different shades of blue on a white tin glaze in Chinese Transitional style with the so called 'Lion of Juda' in a garden landsca...

A very nicely plate, typical 18th century period piece. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Plates Color: Blue & White Region of Origin: China Period: 18th c...

Very nice edo period, example. With a Mandarin Duck Scene Unmarked at the base. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Japanese Style: Arita, Imari Region of Origin:...

A rare celadon plate from the kilns of Sangkhalok, one of the main centers of Thai ceramics during the Sukhotai period (1230-1438) Well preserved for i...

Mortars, such as this bell-shaped bronze one from the 1700s, were used in kitchens of grand chateaux in France. They could also be found in apothecaries, where pharmacists would use ...

A nice Bavatian plate with Blood and Milk landscape and flower scenes in cartouches. Very nice piece. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Category: Famille Rose Re...

Lovely & High Quality Japanese Porcelain dish with a flower scene. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Plates Color: Blue & White Region of Origin: Japan Cou...

Very nice artifact with unusual and beautiful scene of a sea bottom with crab, shells and coral. Some parts are lifted. The underside has a landscape scene with birds. Additional in...

A great dish dating to most probably the second half of the 17th century, delicate painting and shape. Very interesting small size. We have found a similar Japanese dishes in the sh...

A great dish dating to most probably the second half of the 17th century, delicate painting and shape. Very interesting. With landscape scene with trees, birds, rocks and flowers. W...

High quality Chinese export porcelain, chine de commande. Qianlong, c. 1740-1750 Of octagonal form; decorated in famille verte and famille rose enamels, bianco-sopra-bianco, and go...

A shallow ceramic bowl from Sukhothai period of Thailand circa 14th-15th century. The dish was hand molded with a coarse pinkish clay and it has a...

Sharing with you a very nice example of the Edo period. A scene of a deer in a landscape under an overhanging pine tree. Objects and flowers in the rim and moulded outer rim. Additi...

A very nicely made 18th century Qianlong Amsterdam Bont porcelain bowl with a fantastic underglaze blue scene of a landscape Take a look at Amsterdams Bont porcelain from China. A relatively unknown niche of Chinese porcelain from ca 1680-1740 that was partly decorated in Europe. Because mainstream Chinese collectors have yet to discover the historical significance of these wares they are relatively easy to find in Holland. While also being highly interesting and of often super quality and with an amazing array of decorations. Amsterdams Bont is a name given to porcelain partly decorated in the Netherlands (most likely in cities like Delft, Haarlem, Makkum). Because Amsterdam was at this moment in time the trade centre of the western world and also of the porcelain trade a lot of this over enamelling was probably commissioned by Amsterdam merchants, to reap higher profits on otherwise boring Chinese wares. The name Amsterdam Bont probably derives from the fact that these type of decorated ware was sold by Amsterdam Merchants. Amsterdam Bont consists of either blanc or under glaze blue decorated Chinese porcelain of basic quality, that was later enhanced with red and sometimes other colours in the Netherlands. It must not be mistaken for other type of Chinese & Japanese blanc wares decorated in Europe. Those we simply call European Decorated Chinese porcelain...

This lovely unusual designed dish from the early 17th century. Pictured are shells or shellfish on blue (ocean) and white (beach) ground. Additional information: Material: Porcelai...

Two pairs of maiolica baskets Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, circa 1770-1790 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). Measures: A) Height 3.54 x 6.69 x 9.84 in (9 x 17 x 25 cm); B) Height 3.93 x 7.48 x 11.02 in (10 x 19 x 28 cm). Total weight 4.85 lb (2.200 kg) State of conservation: A) One of the smaller baskets has some areas of restoration, the other slight chipping from use; B) One of the larger baskets is intact and the other shows a clearly glued break. The mold with which the baskets were forged simulates a wicker weave. The two larger works have high, vertical walls, with branch-shaped handles penetrating the weave. The painted decorations, small polychrome flowers applied only externally, highlight the points where the weaves intersect. The decision to leave the center of the basket devoid of decoration is highly unusual, but given the size and complexity of the shape, as well as the quality of the enamel, it is possible to hypothesize that it represents a precise choice in manufacturing or for a particular client. The two smaller baskets have small, twisted handles and, on the outside, reproduce more decisively the characteristic wicker weave, obtained through thin molded lines. The interior exhibits a rich, typical decoration of naturalistic flowers: a bunch centered around a main flower and secondary stems accompanied by small “semis”. The exterior of these works is also adorned with small little flowers where the weaves intersect. The size and morphological characteristics of the baskets confirm their attribution to the Lodi factory of Antonio Ferretti between 1770 and 1790, during its most successful period; by this point his original reworking of the "Strasbourg" decoration, known as "old Lodi", had achieved great fame even outside Italy. This decorative choice represented a strong point of the Lodi factory, which established itself thanks to the vivid nature of the colors made possible by the introduction of a new technique perfected by Paul Hannong in Strasbourg and which Antonio Ferretti introduced in Italy. This production process, called “piccolo fuoco” (third fire), allowed the use of a greater number of colors than in the past; in particular, the purple of Cassius, a red made from gold chloride, was introduced. Its use allowed for many more tones and shades, from pink to purple. The Ferretti family had started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725. The forefather Simpliciano had started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano had started a production of excellence also thanks to the ownership of clay quarries in Stradella, not far from Pavia. The production was so successful that in 1726 a decree of the Turin Chamber came to prohibit the importation of foreign ceramics, especially from Lodi, to protect internal production (G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981, p. 59). In its initial stages, the manufacture produced maolicas painted with the “a gran fuoco” (double fire) technique, often in turquoise monochrome, with ornamentation derived from compositional modules in vogue in Rouen in France. This was also thanks to the collaboration of painters like Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, who placed his name on the best specimens next to the initials of the factory. In 1748 Simpliciano made his will (Gelmini, 1995, p. 30) appointing his son Giuseppe Antonio (known as Antonio) as universal heir. After 1750, when Simpliciano passed away, Antonio was directly involved in the maiolica factory, increasing its fortunes and achieving a reputation on a European level. Particularly important was the aforementioned introduction in 1760 of the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) processing, which, expanding the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes, could commercially compete with the German porcelains that had one of its most renowned offerings in the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen. Antonio Ferretti understood and promoted this technique and this decoration, proposing it in a fresher and more corrective version, less linked to botanical tables...

A very nicely decorated typical lotus flower plate for the SE Asian market. Top quality paintwork. 6 pieces A dish with similar painted swirled lotus petals is pictured in "Harrison...

Porcelain dish with underglaze blue lake scene. Visible is a figure in a boat who seems to be a fisherman but is also playing the flute. Another figure is sitting in pagode which is ...

This amazing Japanese porcelain dish. Painted in underglaze blue as well as with polychrome enamels. This is most probably part of the Kakiemon family. Central a flower basket with p...

A very nice Ko-Kutani Plate. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japan Period: 17th century Age: Pre-1800 Condition: Overall Condition Very good,...

This Chelsea-Derby dish, made in England around 1775, is hand-painted with beautiful flower designs. The center features purple roses and an orange tulip, accented by small yellow fl...

A wonderful 18th century French cast iron mortar. A great vessel for flower arranging or storing kitchen utensils.

A rare Dutch Majolica plate with a decoration of a tulip. Northern Netherlands, probably made in the city of Rotterdam. Made 1620 - 1640 Dutch majo...

Fantastic and rare piece of very high quality. Dark cobalt blue colors. 'Shop' type mark to base within a double ring. Pictures in natural light have been added. The exterior is dec...

A very nicely decorated Ming period Swatow or Zhangzhou porcelain dish with Chilong These small dishes would have been used for the Japanese tea ceremony meal, the Kaiseki. Kaiseki...

A rare piece. Late Ming for the Japanese market. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Period: 17th century Transitional (1620 - 1661) Age: P...