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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
16th Century Fossil Embedded Shipwreck Vase, Sawankhalok, Thailand
Located in New York, NY
16th century Thailand Sawankhalok ceramic vase from the old city of Sawankhalok known for its pottery. Beautiful and abundant fossil growth from being submerged under water. Natural original patina. Six Available Part of a very large collection of shipwrecked pottery...
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Thai Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Mid-Century Modern Crystal Vase Val Saint Lambert - Belgium, 1950
Located in Girona, Girona
Large vase of pliers worked crystal. Design: Antonio Bon for Val Saint Lambert. Belgium, Liège c. 1950.
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Belgian Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

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Crystal

Small Antique Japanese Arita Blue and White Jar Edo Period, circa 1670-1690
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Edo period, underglaze blue. Sharing with you this unsual type of Jar with lid. With a beautifully painted Phoenix scene. The porcelain is a bit more bright than we usually see on t...
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Asian Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Antique 18th century Dutch Delft Earthenware Plate Delftware Based On Ch
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice Dutch Delft blue plates with nice decoration of the month of august In 18th c chinese style 18th century. Diameter: 23 cm. Condition: Typical rimflaws Condition Good condition...
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Dutch Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Italian Neoclassic Majolica Earthenware Vase with Bird
Located in Queens, NY
Italian neo-classic antique Majolica vase with side handles and decorated with blue, yellow, and green flowers, fruit and bird.     
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of French Directoire Late 18th Century Lidded Apothecary Jars with Labels
By Deroche
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Directoire period ceramic lidded apothecary jars from the late 18th century, with hand-painted foliage motifs, labeled Tamarind and Ext. Cicutæ A:F, from the Deroche...
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French Directoire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Blue and White Albarello Bird Vase
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white Albarello bird vase. Blue and white ceramic Albarello jar or vase with hand-painted bird in foliage with magnificent blue tonal colouring in ...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Majolica

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

Antique 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Garniture Vases Blood and Milk Edo Pe
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this amazing set for decorating your home. Interesting and beautifully made. 3 porcelain Arita baluster vases with covers. All decorated with with a nice floral dec...
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Chinese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Primitive 18Th Black Catalan Cosi Pot/Vessel
Located in London, GB
A heavily patinated black terracotta cosi pot from the village of Quart Catalonia. Originally used for the storage of olive oil/wine.
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Unusual Dutch Delftware Figural Earthenware Vases in Chinese Transitional Style
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description 17th/18th century Height 340 mm approx, diameter 125 mm (4.33 inch), diameter of mouthrim 85 mm, diameter of foot 115 mm. Earthenware double gourd vases with a large mouth. Decorated in different in blue on a white tin glaze in Chinese Transitional style with figures in a mountainous landscape. In the period (1630-1645) the VOC (Dutch East India Company, 1602–1799) ordered Chinese porcelain through the Company's factory on Formosa (Taiwan). The Transitional style had been very popular in the Netherlands. As with kraak porcelain the decorative elements are taken from the repertoire of the Chinese Transitional style porcelain. After Chinese exports came to a standstill due to internal conflicts around 1647 the shapes and decorations of transitional porcelain...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Large Shipwreck Vessel, Sawankhalok, Thailand, 16th Century
Located in New York, NY
16th century Thailand Sawankhalok large ceramic vessel from the old city of Sawankhalok known for its pottery. Beautiful and natural patina from being submerged under water. Part of ...
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Thai Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Louis XVI Onyx Vase
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI onyx vase. Hand-carved antique onyx Louis XVI vase of modernist form, Italy, circa 1780. Dimensions: 6" dia top x 8" H; 4" dia bottom.
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Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

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Onyx

Antique 1740 Encre de Chine Commande Chinese Porcelain Jesus Plate Qing China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 18th Century Italian Albarelli Jars
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon… Dating to the 1700s, this pair of vibrant albarelli jars have two distinct portraits inset within ovals. The blue ground Italian jars have also been h...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Delft Polychrome Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Delft polychrome vase from the 18th century.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft

Antique Chinese Porcelain Armorial Plate VAN BLEIJSWIJK ARMS Tropical
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description PLATE WITH VAN BLEIJSWIJK ARMS Kangxi period (1662-1722) The plate has been painted with large tropical leaves and fruits in place of acanthus scroll. The exotic fauna ...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Engraved Continental Magnum Tapered Decanter
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A Continental magnum decanter of tapered shape engraved with swags Portugal, 1785.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Glass

Roman Clay Pot Pitcher or Jar Fragment
Located in Miami, FL
Roman clay pot fragment. Charming artifact, a very good example of Roman pottery. This fragment was found in one of France's oldest ports, Fos-sur-Mer, ...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Clay

Small Maiolica Flower Pots, Ferretti Manufacture, Lodi, circa 1770-1780
Located in Milano, IT
Two maiolica flower pots Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1770 - 1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) The...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Maiolica

Suite of George III Cut Glass of Nautical Interest
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A suite of late 18th century Adam period cut glass, comprising of two club shaped decanters with tear drop stoppers, and five conical stem glasses, all finely engraved with swags, fr...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Cut Glass

Antique Chinese Teapot and Pattipan with Relief Flowers Yongzheng Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A charming late Yongzheng period famille rose teapot, with an elegant elongated body tapering to a bulging lower belly, and modeled with aubergine enameled...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Mortar and Pilar End 15th Century Gothic Period
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Iron mortar with its original pestle end 15th beginning 16th century Gothic period, France Beautiful original object with a beautiful patina and in good condition   
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French Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

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Iron

Pair of Antique Chinese Porcelain Vases Chine de Commande Rose Dragon
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A pair of superb and high quality famille rose vases. The vases are beautifully made with dragon ears and high quality painting of butterflies and flowers, Qianlong period, 18th cen...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Porcelain Hatcher Cargo Kraak Ghendi porcelain South China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nicely decorated kraak Ghendi with a geometrical decoration. The piece was part of the Hatcher Collection. Auctioned by Christies Amsterdam in 1984. It is in very good condition. The Hatcher Junk...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Leaf Shaped Kosometsuke Antique Chinese Porcelain 17c Ming Dynasty serving dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this beautiful leaf shaped serving dish on four feet in blue and white. Visible is a typically painted scene for this period. Mountain landscape with a house in the ...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Han Dynasty Silver-Decorated Garlic Head Bronze Hu Vase, 3rd Century BC
Located in Austin, TX
A gorgeous and striking late Warring States (475 to 221 BC) or early Han Dynasty (221 to 206 BC) cast bronze and silver-decorated garlic head hu vessel. Of elegant bottle form, w...
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Chinese Han Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

20th c old Imari Arita Japanese Bowl Landscape Village Garden
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
'Gold' Imari, decorated in gold and iron-red, with landscape scene. It has an interesting dent to the rim which was intentional. Not sure what the purpose is. Can be used as a Fruit...
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Japanese Meiji Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Khmer Bronze Two Part Bottle Vase, Angkor Period, 12th-14th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant Khmer pear shaped bronze bottle vase, Angkor Period, 12th-14th century. Crafted of bronze in two parts. When separated, the lower portion of the vase becomes an offerin...
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Cambodian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

Khmer Brown Glazed Lidded Stoneware Pot, 12th - 14th Century, Cambodia
Located in Austin, TX
An attractive small Khmer brown glazed stoneware honey or oil pot, 12th to 14th century, Cambodia. The small pot of compressed globular form and glazed in a deep brown glaze with ...
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Cambodian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

Petite African Redware Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite hand-formed vessel bears a richly textured surface of worn red clay slip and dark smoke marks. Likely intended for everyday use, the simple bottle-form vessel reflects th...
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African Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Chinese Porcelain Kangxi Period Plate Dish Flowers Marked China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely Kangxi period Plate dating to around 1690-1710. Nice bamboo at the base. Marked at base with a mark. Period: Kangxi Country of origin: China⁠ Condition 1line from rim. Size...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Rock Crystal Vase by Phoenix
Located in New York, NY
Rock crystal vase with gem stone decoration.  
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Rock Crystal

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

Grey Pattern Ceramic Sawankhalok Shipwreck Vase, Thailand, 16th Century
Located in New York, NY
16th century Thailand Sawankhalok ceramic tulip shaped vase from the old city of Sawankhalok known for its pottery. Beautiful weathered decorative grey pattern. Natural original pati...
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Thai Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Antique Chinese Porcelain Kamcheng Tureen China Bencharong, 18/19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Great quality painting and color in the typical style of these pieces. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Emperor: Qianlong (1735-1796) Pe...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Edo Period Japanese Claire de Lune Bottle Vases with Lacquer Decoration
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Paire of Claire de lune glazed vases with applied Lacquer decoration. Very unusual decoration and lovely pieces. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Japanese Style...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Swedish Porcelain Corbeille Vases
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Swedish porcelain corbeille vases from the Rörstrand Porcelain Factory. Gilded porcelain decorated.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Antique Chinese 17C Porcelain Ming/Transitional Dish Green Glaze Carved
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate with beautiful Green Glaze and a carved underglaze scene of flowers. Possibly Dated to the late Ming or transitional period. But could also be around 17...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

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

18th Century, French Giltwood Jardinière De Cour On Feet Original Double Liner
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite 18th-century jardinière de cour embodies the elegance and refined craftsmanship of French decorative arts from the era of Louis XV. Crafted from giltwood, this jardini...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Tin

A Pair of Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Porphyry Vases, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The mounts are similar to those by Gouthière. The one vase having more speckling of white in the porphyry than the other.
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

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Porphyry, Ormolu

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

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

Antique Arita Japanese 19C Meiji Armorial plate with fine details ARMS OF POWEL
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this magnificent lovely plate from the late 19th century, with high quality painting. It's an armorial dish with the arms of Powell. The text says; Pro patria semper...
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Japanese Meiji Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

16th Century Sawankhalok Shipwreck Parfum Bottle, Thailand
Located in New York, NY
16th century Thailand Sawankhalok small shipwrecked parfum bottle. Beautiful and abundant fossil growth from being submerged under water. Natural original patina. Part of a very larg...
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Thai Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Antique 18th Qianlong Armorial Dish Chinese Porcelain Plate China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nice ca 1740 Qianlong period plate. Research Needed. Condition restored section to rim, 1 hairline and some minimal frits. Size 22.3x2.5CM DiameterxHeight Period 18th century
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Very Rare Antique 18C Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Cow Butter Tureen in Delft Style
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this highly unusual chinese porcelain delftware immitation of a butter tureen with Cow finial. This interesting antique piece is decorated in underglaze blue and ov...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Ca 1750 Qing Dynasty Chinese Porcelain Tobacco Leaf Amsterdams Bont
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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, Blue...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century Quality Blue Ceramic and Ormolu Vases
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of 19th Century French, quite stunning, blue ceramic vases. Decorated with ormolu and brass decoration that make this beautiful pair of vases stand out from the crowd. Circa 1860.
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Hand Carved Wood Holder Planter Vase Jardinière Cachepot Decorative Antiques LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Carved Wood Holder Planter Vase Jardinière Cachepot Decorative Antiques LA . Large 18th / 19th century Hand carved wood mortar and pestle originally created for the corn and cof...
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South American 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

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Wood

Large Western Asiatic Buff Ware Footed Storage Jar
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
A rare and captivating relic of ancient craftsmanship – This Large Western Asiatic Buff Ware Footed Storage Jar. Dating back to the 1st millennium B.C., it is an extraordinary artifa...
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Asian Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Extra Large Martaban Vase
Located in Houston, 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 dragon...
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Asian Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Large White Marble Mortar 16th Century with carved Lateral Mascarons.
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
A very large and unique white marble mortar from the 16th century with sculpted side mascarons. Mascaron were decorative architectural element in the form of a sculpted face or head...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Marble

16th Century Sawankhalok Shipwreck Vase, Thailand
Located in New York, NY
16th century Thailand Sawankhalok ceramic vase from the old city of Sawankhalok known for its pottery. Beautiful and abundant fossil growth from being submerged under water. Natural ...
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Thai Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Georgian Slice and Flute Cut Decanter
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A pair of Georgian slice and flute cut decanter.
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Cut Glass

Antique Ming Period Chinese Porcelain Dish Kosometsuke Fisherman
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this nice Chinese porcelain dish from the early 17th century. Once again Jingdezhen made but for the Japanese market, Kosomets...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

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