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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Ancient Solid Bronze Vase with Chinese or Japanese Elephants
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Ancient solid bronze vase with Chinese or Japanese elephants
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Japanese Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

French 18th Century Sevres Porcelain Covered, Handled Oval Dish
Located in New Orleans, LA
French 18th century Sevres porcelain covered, handled oval dish, decorated in blue with classic hand-painted picnic scene on either side, framed in gold. Floriate decoration framed ...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Grey Marble Mortar High Period circa 16th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Antique large marble mortar of the high period. Dating from the late Middle Ages, early Renaissance. This mortar is made of grey marble. The morta...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Marble

Large majolica Albarello with pharmaceutical writing, Italy circa 1730.
Located in Milan, IT
Large majolica Albarello with a flared central body with curvatures at shoulder height, wide distinct foot (8,75’’), flared and moulded. Wide mouth, strongly projecting harpy-shaped ...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Majolica

Blue and White Delft Mantle Jar Hand-Painted 18th Century Netherlands Circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
A blue and white Dutch Delft mantle jar hand-painted in exquisite deep cobalt blue. We see a peacock in a garden filled with flowers and ferns. The cover is similarly decorated and...
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Dutch Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft

Han Dynasty Earthenware Vase, stamped, export label
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Han Dynasty Earthenware Vase
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Chinese Han Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of 2 Antique Japanese Ming Style Porcelain Ghendis Arita Kraak, Ca 1670
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice edo period, 1670-1680 examples. With a landscape scene. The rim beautifully painted. The base is blank. Unmarked at base Arita ware, also known as A...
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Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Top Level Antique Kangxi Period Imari Tea Caddy Chinese China Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Imari porcelain tea caddies, Kangxi period, of canted corner form, painted in overglaze iron red and gilt and underglaze blue. With floral panels and original lids Condit...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Nils Thorsson Scandinavian Marselis Ceramic Vase for Royal Copenaghen, 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Ceramic scandinavian vase serie “Marselis” designed by Danish artist Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenaghen, Denmark 1950s Please note that the item is original of the period and this...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Nils Thorsson Scandinavian Marselis Ceramic Bowl for Royal Copenaghen, 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Danish ceramic “Marselis” vase bowl serie designed by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenaghen, 1950s Please note that the item is original of the period and this shows normal signs of ...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Neolithic Chinese Painted Terracotta Storage Jar 3rd millennium B.C
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Neolithic Period, 3rd Millennium B.C. Chinese Painted Terracotta Storage Jar An elegant Chinese terracotta storage jar from the Neolithic period, dating to the 3rd millennium B.C. Th...
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Chinese Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery, Terracotta

18th Century Large Pair of Italian Gilded Handled Vases Neoclassical Carving
Located in Milano, MI
Set of two large 18th century Neoclassical giltwood vasesa pair of carved and giltwood handled centre vases, on square base, portapalme realized in carved Cembran pinewood with Neoclassical foliate motifs carved with vegetal patterns. Could be mounted as large table lamps or used as decorative vases. This pair of antique lamp bases...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Wood

Large Antique Turned Lignum Vitae Mortar w/Palmette Carved Ring Above Foot
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Exceptionally large eighteenth century turned Lignum Vitae mortar having a ring turned cylindrical bowl with a conforming foot and having a double ...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Wood

Korean Bronze Bottle Goryeo Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Korean bronze bottle of bulbous pear form with a long neck and flared open mouth from Goryeo Dynasty (918 AD-1392 AD) circa 12-13th century I...
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Korean Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

Sawankhalok Ship Wreck Jar from the Kingdom of Sukhothai, Thailand, 16th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful example of a 16th Century Sawankhalok jar from a Shipwreck off the Coast of the Indonesian Island of Batam. Batam was one of the most substantial and influential ports in...
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Thai Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Second Half 18th Century France Shaped Planters "Commode" Nevers Manufacture
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Collection of four beautiful polychrome majolica planters. 'Nevers' manufacture, second half of the 18th century. The planters are in the shape of 'commodes', typical French bedside ...
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French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Majolica

Antique Dutch Delft Vase Tree Apples of Orange, 18/19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This lovely Vase/Jar from the Netherlands, Delft, De Porceleyne Claeuw factory, 1658-1840. A tree with " appeltjes van oranje" (Oranges) With the text “hier onder rust ik rustig ” (...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar, Machang Period #4
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar from the Majiayao Culture, specifically the Machang phase, in northwest China, and dating back roughly 4000 yea...
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Chinese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Roman Clay Jar Handle Fragment
Located in Miami, FL
Roman clay fragment, this is the remains of the jar handle. This fragment was found in one of France's oldest ports, Fos-sur-Mer, not far from Arles whe...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Clay

Early 18th Century Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot with Stand
Located in Tampa, FL
An elegant early 18th century Chinese porcelain brush pot, featuring a finely painted Mandarin court scene in soft rose tones. The artwork reflects the refined storytelling and artis...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Primitive Large Ancient Carved Stone Portuguese Vessel
Located in London, GB
A large ancient light coloured hand carved stone vessel from southern Portugal. Heavily patinated & heavily textured with chisel marks all over.
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Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stone

Chinese Yongzheng Rouge De Fer Porcelain Rooster Vase, 1723-1735
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptionally fine and rare Chinese Yongzheng period vase of quatrefoil form decorated with a pair of roosters perched on rocks, surrounded by a pair of large butterflies, insects and sprays of flowers in rouge de fer...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Tall Mid Century Glazed Art Pottery Vessel Attributed To Robert Turner
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and very well crafted Pottery Vessel possibly by the iconic and justly celebrated American Ceramicist Robert Turner (1913-2005), this massive vessel...
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American Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Clay

Set di Quattro Vasi Medicei Neoclassici Decorazioni Da Tavola Italiane Fine 1700
Located in Milano, MI
Quattro Decorazioni da Tavola Neoclassiche composte da quattro basamenti in legno intagliato, laccato e dorato sormontati da un vaso mediceo in biscuit sovrastante. Di origine Itali...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain, Giltwood

18th Century Chinese Low Iron Basin
Located in Chicago, IL
China was the earliest known civilization create works with cast iron, first appearing thousands of years ago during the illustrious Zhou dynasty. This early 18th century iron vessel was once used for collecting rain water...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Iron

Rare Antique 18C Kangxi/Yongzheng Chinese Porcelain Cafe au Lait Bowl Fencai
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Kangxi/Yongzheng period, cafe au lait and Famille Rose. Lovely piece! Chinese café au lait porcelain is a type of Chinese porcelain that was made particulary in the 18th and 19th ...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Shigaraki Tsubo Stoneware Ceramic Vessel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Japanese ceramic vessel from Shiga, Japan. This piece gains its unique glaze and irregularities from the firing process in which wood is added...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Pair Italian or Spanish Portapalme Urns in Copper and Brass, circa 1700
Located in Atlanta, GA
Cast copper and brass with urn bases and roses and vines with delicate bows, incredibly crafted, these portapalme were particularly in Italian and Italianate churches, the utilizatio...
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European Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass, Copper

Antique French Limestone Medicine Bowl
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Designed and produces, 18th century Limestone Measures: 8" height, 14.5" diameter Provenance: Flea Market Paris.  
Category

French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Limestone

Chinese Yuan Green Glazed Lotus Jar, c. 1350
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful in its imperfection, this green glazed jar from Yunnan province is an offering vessel, or spirit jar, originally filled with ritual offerings such as coins, shells, flowers...
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Chinese Minimalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Yuan Green Glazed Lotus Jar, c. 1350
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful in its imperfection, this green glazed lidded jar from Yunnan province is an offering vessel, or spirit jar, originally filled with ritual offerings such as coins, shells, ...
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Chinese Minimalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Yuan Green Glazed Lotus Jar, c. 1350
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful in its imperfection, this green glazed lidded jar from Yunnan province is an offering vessel, or spirit jar, originally filled with ritual offerings such as coins, shells, ...
Category

Chinese Minimalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware

Scarce Antique Japanese Mishima Karatsu Ware Glazed Sake Bottle Vase Pottery
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and beautiful nearly 300 year old Japanese pottery Mishima Karatsu (三島唐津) sake bottle tokkuri (徳利) circa 1750 Japan, Edo period (1603-1868), Saga prefecture, Karatsu kilns, M...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery, Ceramic, Stoneware

Chelsea-Derby Vase and Cover, Zachariah Boreman and Richard Askew, 1783-1784
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and stunning vase with cover made by Chelsea-Derby in 1783-1784. The pear-shaped vase stands on a square foot and has two handles with moulded floral chains, and ...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

German Faience or Dutch Delft Powdered Manganese & Blue Large Vase & Cover
Located in Downingtown, PA
Massive German Faience or Dutch Delft Powdered manganese & blue vase & cover, Mid-18th Century, The German faience powered manganese-ground vase, of baluster form, has a wide should...
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German Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft

18th Century English Hand Painted Leather Fire Bucket
Located in Nashville, TN
18th century English hand painted leather gallon fire bucket Wonderfully aged and patinated oil painting of a cherub rising from a shell fo...
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English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Leather

Two Very Large Hand Carved Antique Stone Urns Planters Anduze Rustic Jardinières
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Two Very Large Hand Carved Antique Stone Urns Planters Anduze Rustic Jardinières . Round Hand Carved Stone Containers as a cache pot . Exquisite exe...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stone, Limestone

Late 18th Century Khmer Brown Glazed Terracotta Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
This Khmer brown glazed terracotta vase is a very stunning piece with its organic shape and all the signs of the time. The enameled surface well shows its period and for this reasons...
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Cambodian Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Fitted Traveling Case Original Blown Bottles & Crimson Brocade Cover Late 18th C
Located in valatie, NY
Fitted traveling case with original hand blown gilt decorated bottles with the original crimson brocade cover, late 18th century. The case retains the original working lock and key o...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Wrought Iron

Early 18th Century Japanese Imari Vase
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A rare Japanese late 17th-early 18th century Imari vase of beaker-type, porcelain of elongated ovoid shape with flaring neck, painted in the Im...
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Japanese Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Two Pairs, 18th Century Mandarin Pallet Chinese Export Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
On left: Pair of early 18th century mandarin pallet Chinese vases decorated with various scenes and gilt handles (on neck), orange ground with blue borders around scenes, visible rep...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Japanese Porcelain 19th c Meiji Arita Figural Polychrome Imari dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this unusual and magnificent plate from the Meiji period (19th century). It has a very interesting and lovely imari scene Unmarked at the base. Condition 1 edge wi...
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Japanese Meiji Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Bronze Candelabra François Boucher, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A very rare Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Gilt Bronze Candlesticks Candelabra with a hand painted scene by François Boucher. ‘P . F . Boucher’ original mark o...
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Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Chinese export baluster form garniture vase with figural scenes, c. 1780
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese export baluster form garniture vase with famille rose figural scenes within cobalt under glaze blue scroll work borders, on opposing sides of the vase. China, made for the W...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Small Spanish Colonial Neoclassical Ceramic Urn
Located in Middleburg, VA
Small Spanish Colonial Neoclassical Ceramic Urn. Two handles with lion heads and cherub details. Made in Peru circa 1640. A rare and early Spanish Colonial glazed ceramic urn, made ...
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Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of 18th Century Italian Giltwood Urn Ornaments
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful pair of three dimensional detailed 18th century giltwood urn ornaments. Original period pieces, Italy, circa 1750.
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Italian Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Giltwood

Antique Chinese Vase Late Qing Dynasty or Republic Porcelain Made into a Lamp
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Top quality vase Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Interesting article about Japanese Cloisonne can be found here; https://www.sothebys .com/en/articles/japanese-cloisonne-enamels...
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Chinese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Antique 18C Chinese Porcelain Erotic Rooster Encre de Chine Tea Caddy
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Porcelain Caddy with an erotic scene Yongzheng Qianlong period Fantastic and highly detailed decoration in Grisaille/Encre de Chine Chickens having intercourse. Beautiful piece for collectors. Museum Example. Encre de Chine The use of black enamel in imitation of drawings or prints was first developed at the end of the reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722) and the Yongzheng reign (1723-1730). Chinese porcelains decorated in ink colour became popular in Europe around 1740, and until about 1790 continental clients continued to order them, especially for armorials, because the ink-colour process so readily duplicated the engraved bookplates supplied to the decorators as source materials. The technique may have been developed first for use on glass in the 1660s in Germany, where it was called schwarzlot. Eighteenth-century shipping records sometimes may have referenced it as pencilled ware because it was executed with a thin brush called a pencil. Albert Jacquemart dubbel it encre-de-Chine. Another name Jesuit ware was used still...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Set of 18th Century Sawankhalok ceramic Shipwreck Jar, Thailand
By Asian Modern
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful example of a pair of Sawankhalok ceramic jars, sourced from a Shipwreck off the Coast of the Indonesian Island of Batam. Batam was one of the most substantial and influen...
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Thai Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

16th Century Sawankhalok Shipwrecked Fossil Embedded Coconut Pot, Thailand
Located in New York, NY
16th century Thailand Sawankhalok shipwrecked coconut pot. Beautiful and abundant fossil growth from being submerged under water. Natural original patina. Two available and sold indi...
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Thai Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

4 Antique Qianlong Chinese Statue Porcelain Wall Pocket Vase Figures, 18th C.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very lovely quartet of high quality wall vases. Made to hang on the wall or lay down on a surface. Lovely craftmanship. Qianlong period. Really cool. Additional information: Mate...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Massive Neoclassical Terracotta Garden Urn Campana-Form Depicting Goddesses
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental Italian neoclassical terracotta Campana-form garden urn . An extremely fine molded figural group of goddesses in back and front to t...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Louis XV Wood Planter Cachepot Jardiniere
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV wood planter cachepot jardiniere. Antique unpainted blonde wood Louis XV period cachepot planter of near square form with brass pierced gallery at top enclosing original zin...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

16th Century Large Shipwreck Vessel, Sawankhalok, Thailand
Located in New York, NY
16th century Thailand, Sawankhalok large ceramic vessel from the old city of Sawankhalok known for its pottery. Beautiful and abundant fossil growth from being submerged under water. Natural original patina. Three available and sold individually. Part of a very large collection of shipwrecked pottery...
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Thai Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Painted Neolithic Jar Ca. 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
A beautiful jar of piriform body, waisted neck, everted rim and integral rectangular-section with loop handles, circumferential bands of painted geometric motifs of hatched circles, ...
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Chinese Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Thai Ban Prasat Ware Vase
Located in Hudson, NY
Thai Ban Prasat ware vase, the Ban Prasat area of Thailand was home to an agrarian civilization about 3000 years ago. Discovered by an archeological dig in ...
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Thai Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Dingyao Vase, c. 1100
Located in Chicago, IL
Dingyao porcelain, often called Ding ware, is famous for its creamy-white coloring, refined forms, and low-relief surface patterning. Ding ware was produced ...
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Chinese Minimalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

Ancient Marble Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
A gorgeous ancient vessel carved from one piece of marble with subtle pink veins running throughout. Perfect for use as a vessel sink in a powder room,...
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Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Marble

Diminutive Louis XV Ormolu & Patinated Bronze Cachepot
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Diminutive Louis XV ormolu & patinated bronze cachepot* France, of period Louis XV (1715-1744) or older A subtle, magnificent casting, of cachepot ...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Chinese Yueyao Celadon Glazed Jar 'Guan', Five Dynasties, 10th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Chinese Yueyao glazed guan jar with incised decoration and applied handles, five dynasties period (907- 979 AD), China. The vessel of somewhat flattened globular form, w...
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Chinese Tang Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

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