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Place of Origin: Chinese
Chinese White and Multicolor Decoration Porcelain Watermelon Jar
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) low, rounded porcelain vase, known as a watermelon jar, incised and painted with an array of decorations including floral arrangements in urns, bells, small...
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20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Chinese Parade Scene Rounded Porcelain Watermelon Jar
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) low, rounded white porcelain vase, known as a watermelon jar, depicting a spirited procession of participants holding flags and playing drums lea...
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20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Chinese Enamelware Teapot with Mythical Qilin, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range of social customs and material traditions. In addition to tea leaves, water, and he...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Jars

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Ceramic

Tang Dynasty Glazed Pottery Ox Blood Jars 618-907 AD
Located in Dallas, TX
C. AD 618-907. Tang Dynasty. Two beautiful terracotta pottery jars covered with a ox blood to chestnut-coloured glaze. The bulbous bodies taper into a slender neck with flared rim....
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15th Century and Earlier Tang Antique Chinese Jars

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Pottery

Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Tea Jars
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain lidded tea jars with a cylindrical form and hand decorated with flowers and leaves.
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20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Blue and Orange Fish Design Lidded Porcelain Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese (Mid 20th Century) lidded porcelain jars with orange fish swimming on blue, sponged backgrounds, inspired by patterns from the Ming Dynasty...
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20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Pair of Japanese Famille Verte Covered Vases, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Japanese famille verte covered vases, circa 1860.
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1860s Antique Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Orange Lidded Porcelain Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) orange porcelain jars depicting white medallions with imagery of fish, seaweed and pastoral scenes and topped with wooden lids (date mark...
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20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Jars

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Porcelain, Wood

Chinese Famille Rose Baluster Jar with Ancient Censers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully commemorated on this lidded baluster jar, censers have been used for thousands of years in Chinese culture as a part of funeral rites or prayer offerings. Filled with dried aromatic plants and essential oils, the censer issued fragrant smoke that forged a connection to the spiritual realm. This late Qing-dynasty jar...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Peking Glass Covered Jars, circa 1800
Located in New York, NY
The wood covers are later replacements.
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Early 1800s Antique Chinese Jars

Materials

Glass

Chinese Han Amber Glazed Porcelain Jar
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese (Han Dynasty 206BC-220AD) amber glazed pottery vase (jar) with a band of animals in relief raised on a modern 2¬O" high base.   
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20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Chinese Terracotta Soup Pot, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Based on vessels fired in ancient Chinese kilns, this jar's perfect proportions haven't changed much since the Bronze Age. Keeping in the tradition of its predecessors, this early 20th century ceramic vessel is glazed with a slip of red clay, yielding a warm, terracotta coloring. Two small strap handles sit on the high shoulders of the jar's otherwise unadorned round form. Originally used as a soup...
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Early 20th Century Rustic Chinese Jars

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Terracotta

Chinese Oxblood Red Melon Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
The melon shape is respected by the Chinese not only as a form but as a symbol for proliferation. These contemporary ceramics call back to the Song dynasty when artisans focused thei...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Large Blue and White Tea Leaf Jar with Mountain Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an important part of Chinese culture for at least a thousand years. Emulating traditional blue-and-white porcelain, this contempora...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Export Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Spice Jar, Chinese, Decorative, Baluster, Vase, with Lid, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage spice jar. A Chinese, decorative ceramic baluster vase with lid and dating to the mid-20th century, circa 1940. Fine baluster fo...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Jars

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Ceramic

Persimmon Orange Tapered Plum Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
This large tapered vase reinterprets the classic curves of traditional Chinese ceramics with simplified lines and a bright, persimmon-orange glaze. Sculpted by artisans in China's Zh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Tall Citron Yellow Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary take on the traditional baluster jar puts all the focus on its timeless silhouette. Characterized by its high shoulders, flared base and domed lid, the elegant balu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Tea Caddies with Flowers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of classic Chinese blue and white porcelain tea caddies with an unusual octagon form hand decorated with delicate floral designs.
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinoiserie Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese White Glazed Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Defined by its rounded body, high shoulders, and domed lid, the time-honored Chinese baluster jar takes on a streamlined look in this contemporary interpretation made in Zhejiang pro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese White Glazed Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Defined by its rounded body, high shoulders and domed lid, the time-honored look of the Chinese baluster jar takes on a streamlined look in this contemporary interpretation made in J...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain Palace Jar, circa 1960 with Phoenix Motif
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Chinese palace jar from the mid-20th century, handmade and painted on porcelain and topped with an animal figure. This tall jar features a phoenix...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Chinese Contemporary Green Glazed Water Jug Pottery with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese contemporary green glazed water jug with unusual design and calligraphy. Born in China, this handsome pottery features a green glazed body, topped by a flaring neck. The be...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Jars

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Ceramic

Neolithic Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
Northern China has a settled history that goes back more than 5,000 years. All along the western reaches of the Yellow River settlements sprung up and some of the first evidence we h...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Chinese Jars

Materials

Terracotta

Round Brass Container with Removable Ceramic Painted Chinoiserie Crane Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Round ceramic and brass container with a brass bottom and removable lid with ceramic top. Top features a blue and white ceramic or porcelain lid with floral hand-painted and glazed d...
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1950s Chinoiserie Vintage Chinese Jars

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Brass

White Glazed Ball Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of monochrome ceramics, this striking short-necked vase is cloaked in an all-over milky white glaze. Sculpted by artisans in China's historic Jian...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Small Antique Spice Jar, Chinese, Mahogany, Brass, Decorative Pot, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique spice jar. A Chinese, mahogany and brass decorative pot, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890. Striking, late 1...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Chinese Jars

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Mahogany

Chinese Persimmon Ginger Jar with Cartouche Paintings, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
White cartouches open on this vibrant vase’s persimmon orange field like parting clouds, revealing scenes of young boys practicing martial arts. Perhaps c...
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Early 20th Century Qing Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Large Chinese Antique Jar with Mustard Glaze, Bird and Floral Motifs, circa 1900
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Chinese antique jar from the turn of the century, with mustard glaze and floral and bird motifs. Born in China in the early years of the 20...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Jars

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Ceramic

Pair of Chinese Porcelain Glazed Figural Ginger Jars with Lids, 20th Century
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain glazed decorative figural and floral ginger jars with the original removable lids, 20th century.
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20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Jars

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Porcelain, Paint

Large Chinese Martaban Ming Dynasty Stoneware Storage Vase with Dragons
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Martaban Ming dynasty stoneware storage vase with dragons, 14th century. Beautiful Ochoa and yellow brown glaze with decorated dragons and Ming clouds. Applied snail or dragon ...
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15th Century and Earlier Ming Antique Chinese Jars

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Stoneware

Chinese Blue and White Scrolling Vine Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on China’s long-standing blue and white porcelain tradition, contemporary artisans in Beijing replicate the celebrated technique in this handsome jar. Using the jar’s simple ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Jars

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Ceramic

Chinese Sui Dynasty White Glazed Jar with Loop Handles, 6th-7th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A simple and elegant Chinese high fired white glazed jar with four lug handles, Sui Dynasty (581 to 618), probably Heibei Province. The voluptuou...
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15th Century and Earlier Tang Antique Chinese Jars

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Stoneware

Foo Dogs Blue and White Ginger Jars Pair Vintage Large Urns Palm Beach Oriental
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Amazing pair of oversized blue and white foo dog top oriental ginger jars with lids. No chips or breaks.
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1960s Chinoiserie Vintage Chinese Jars

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Ceramic

Set of Three Provincial Chinese Wine Jugs, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These early 20th century ceramic jars from China's Shandong province were formed with a bottle-neck shape meant for storing vinegar or rice wine. We suspect these jars were created to store wine for commercial sale, and were likely stoppered with a cork or wax seal. Left unglazed, the jugs are decorated only the irregular, organic smoke patterns created during the firing process. We love the neutral color story told by this set of vessels...
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Early 20th Century Rustic Chinese Jars

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Ceramic

Stoneware Storage Jar China East Zhou Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pinkish stoneware jar with broad shoulder and slightly tapered body from Chinese East Zhou Dynasty (771-256BC). The surface of the jar was nearly thorou...
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15th Century and Earlier Archaistic Antique Chinese Jars

Materials

Stoneware

Chinese White Glazed Tea Leaf Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Rendered in a striking cool white glaze, this contemporary porcelain jar offers a modern take on a Classic form. Lidded jars like these were used in tea shops in China, where tea dri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chinese Jars

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Ceramic

Large Antique Chinese Ceramic Wine Jar
Located in New York, NY
A nicely glazed, tall antique Chinese ceramic wine jar with a wide mouth and graceful shape. From Shanxi Province, circa 1920. CR714.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Chinese Shizi Hong Ginger Jars
Located in Chicago, IL
A rich, monochrome red glaze coats this ginger jar shaped contemporary vase, drawing attention to its updated profile and its sculptural Fu dog top. Referred to as shizi, these mythi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Unglazed Chinese Clay Pot or Jar with Handles
Located in Sheffield, MA
The Chinese clay jar is handcrafted and has two small handles. The organic rich dark clay is from a Chinese river basin. Search terms: Planter, cachepot.
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20th Century Chinese Jars

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Clay

Chinese Blue and White Scholars' Scene Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Working within the time-honored tradition of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics, this lidded ginger jar depicts a Qing-dynasty man engaged in the four arts he must master to become a renowned scholar. Separated by screen motifs with an eternal coin pattern, the jar depicts a scholar painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Jars

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Ceramic

21st Century Painted Ceramic Chinese Vase, 2000
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Chinese vase from the early 21st century. Jingdezhen glazed and hand painted ceramic work with roosters. Vase of great impact ideal for display as a piece of furniture. Vase complete...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Jars

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Ceramic

Three Chinese Olive and Brown Glazed Storage Jars, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
Three Chinese stoneware storage jars with olive brown glazes, Southeast China, late 19th century. Each of ovoid form with large mouth openings. The tallest (13") subtly decorated...
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Late 19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Jars

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Stoneware

Handmade Antique Tibetan Ceremonial Holy Water Vessels
Located in New York, NY
Two large, striking and beautifully crafted copper ceremonial water pitchers from Tibet. The lovely, well-worn patina communicates years of loving and spiritual use. Priced and sold ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Jars

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Copper

Grand Chinese White Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
The striking pure creme color of this monumental lidded ceramic vase draws on a long Chinese tradition developed during the Song dynasty, when artisans began to develop the art of mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Neolithic Jar on Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
This Neolithic jar originates from China 3500 BC and these funerary jars were placed in tombs and intended for use in the afterlife.
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Chinese Jars

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Terracotta

Blue and White Scholar's Joy Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary ginger jar continues the tradition of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics with classic curves and auspicious, hand-painted decorations. Symbols that would surely give a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Export Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century Chinese Ginger Jars
Located in Esbeek, NL
Beautiful set of Chinese ginger jars 18th century or earlier.  
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18th Century Antique Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

White Glazed Chinese Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Defined by its rounded body, high shoulders, and domed lid, the time-honored form of the Chinese baluster jar takes on a streamlined look in this contemporary interpretation made in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Ochre Brown Glazed Martaban Jar, Ming Dynasty, 15th-16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and large Chinese brown ochre glazed stoneware storage jar, commonly known as a Martaban or Martavan jar, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century. The elegant ovoid jar with a slen...
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16th Century Ming Antique Chinese Jars

Materials

Stoneware

19th Century Chinese Porcelain Opium Jar
Located in London, GB
19th century Chinese porcelain opium jar china, 19th century Measures: Height 38cm, diameter 35cm This 19th century porcelain opium jar, formed in a t...
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19th Century Antique Chinese Jars

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Bronze

Pair of Chinese Powder-Blue Gilt-Decorated Jars, 18th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Each gold painted with a composite floral patterns. Measure: Height 43 cm.
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Late 18th Century Antique Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Antique Pottery Jar, with Golden Glaze
Located in Somis, CA
This wonderful jar is from Shan Xi province, an ancient state of China. The region is known for producing rich sauces. Nice brown base glaze with beautiful golden yellow colored drip...
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19th Century Antique Chinese Jars

Materials

Pottery

Chinese Blue and White Baluster Jar with Fish and Flora
Located in Chicago, IL
This blue-and-white covered jar is hand-painted with flora and fauna of the sea, offering blessings of wealth, abundance, and the contented harmony of a fish in water. Chinese blue-a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Export Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Pair of Large Chinese Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese circa 1950s large blue and white porcelain jars with lids with country scenes. Measurements: Height 21.25? Diameter 13?.
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1950s Vintage Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Shizi Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Images of shizi, a lion-dog symbol of power and strength of character, cavort among the stylized clouds of heaven on this hand-painted covered jar. Original...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Export Chinese Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Quilt Warmer Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual squat vessel would have been kept near a kang platform to warm one's blankets before bed. Much like a hot water bottle, the ceramic vessel was filled with hot water thro...
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Early 20th Century Qing Chinese Jars

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Ceramic

Large Cloud White Plum Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of monochrome ceramics, this large porcelain vase is glazed in serene, cloud-inspired white with celadon undertones. Sculpted by artisans in China...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Cloud White Onion Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of monochrome ceramics, this round porcelain jar is glazed in serene, cloud-inspired white with celadon undertones. Sculpted by artisans in China'...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chinese Jars

Materials

Porcelain

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