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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
A Dutch Brass Pestle, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Dutch Brass Pestle, 18th Century initialled I.L. and dated 1776 to the body, together with a turned wooden stand, convex impression to the base of the urn. Home decor, Interior de...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

Large Cypriot Brown Ware Storage Jar Olla
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Large Cypriot Brown Ware Storage Jar – Early-Middle Bronze Age (circa 2700-1900 B.C.) This impressive Cypriot brown ware storage jar, dating back to the Early-Middle Bronze Age (circ...
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Cypriot Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Large Georgian Mahogany Footed Urn
Located in Essex, MA
Shaped like a goblet. Tapered form carved and hollowed from a single piece of wood, the exterior decorated with a bacchanalian parade of figures of Pan playing instruments on and pul...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Mahogany

Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1785
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Polished basalt, decorated with Victoria, Goddess of Victory, in her chariot; possibly after a Roman model such as the wall paintings at Herculaneum. T...
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English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

Oblong body, flat discoidal base, rimmed lip and edge, Egypt, Late Period.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Oblong body, flat discoidal base. Rimmed lip and edge. Alabaster. H. 27 cm, Diam. 13,5 cm Egypt, Late Period, 664-332 BC. AD A Late Period alabaster jar. 664-332 BC
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Egyptian Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Alabaster

3 Handle Confit Pot
Located in Ventura, CA
This hand-thrown 3-handle confit pot, originating from Grottaglie, Puglia, and dating back to the late 1800s, is a beautiful example of rustic Italian farm...
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Italian Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Unique & Rare Collection, Straw Marquetry Bottles, 18Th. C. Set of 7
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Just in, this rare and exceptional collection of seven French 18Th C. Straw Marquetry Bottles. These were made by convicts in the 18Th century. This is a very rare collection, you ...
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French Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Straw, Blown Glass

Pair of Small Korean Celadon Inlay Vases Goryeo Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a near pair antique Korean ceramic vase from the end of Goryeo to the beginning of Joseon period (circa 14-15th). The vases feature cel...
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Korean Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Large Antique Chinese Porcelain Kangxi Period Wine Vessel Flowers Silver
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
The large cobalt blue wine vessel with nice handle and beautiful decoration of flowers. The cobalt blue and painting quality are amazing to my humble opinion. A high quality and unus...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Vietnamese Celadon Lotus Vessel, Ly or Tran Dynasty, 13th/14th Century, Vietnam
Located in Austin, TX
An unusually large Vietnamese celadon glazed stoneware bowl with carved lotus petal design, Ly or Tran Dynasty, 13th - 14th century, Vietnam. The large bowl or offering vessel of generous proportions, rising on a short, unglazed foot ring, revealing the reddish buff stoneware body. The globular body elegantly tapered. The lower section deeply carved with a traditional stylized lotus petal design, a band of incised lines above. The upper section of the vessel ribbed, and carved with long, elegant lotus petals that taper upwards, terminating in rounded ends. Another band of incised lines circumscribe the mouth. The vessel glazed in a wonderful olive celadon glaze. The glaze stopping neatly at the mouth rim. The transparent celadon glaze thinning slightly along the raised sections, and pooling in the recesses, adding additional depth and texture. The celadon with wonderful yellow undertones, giving an overall olive hue. Reference: For four similar, but smaller examples, all dated 13th-14th century, see Stevenson & Guy, "Vietnamese Ceramics...
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Vietnamese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

18th Century German Clear Glass Decorated Bottle
Located in Basildon, GB
An 18th Century German, or possibly Bohemian, Clear Glass Bottle. Flattened octagonal shape. Hand decorated with blue, orange, yellow and green flowers and a green/blue bird on the ...
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Glass

18th Century Nevers Faience 'Pot a Oranger'
Located in Basildon, GB
Nevers Faience 'Pot a Oranger' adorned with painted Asian house scene and a flowered decoration in shades of blue (camaieu bleu). Circa 1750 tin-glazed p...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Faience

Pre-Columbian Inca Hand Carved Kero / Drinking Vessel, 1300-1500 AD
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The hand carved beaker-shaped wood drinking vessel was used to drink 'chicha' which was a beer-like beverage made from fermented corn. The weathered exterior showing incised geometri...
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Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Hardwood

Italian Antiques Louis XIV Urn Lacquer and Gilt Vases
Located in Firenze, IT
Sourced in a sumptuous Roman villa, never before seen on the antiques market, these Italian large scale Louis XIV urn vases originally used as enormous palm holders exude royalty, a ...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Gold Leaf

English Delft Campana Vase, C1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare, large vase in a classical shape, decorated with figures in a landscape. Large pieces of delftware are not often found. See CIRC 43-1963 in the V&A for a similar example.
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English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware

Three Chinese Late 18th Century Blue-Glazed and Gilt Porcelain Ginger Jars
Located in Rome, IT
Three Chinese late 18th century Blue-Glazed and Gilt Porcelain Ginger Jars with a phoenix pierced on rock work, in a fenced garden of peonies. cm. 24
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Large 18th Century French Tole Urn
Located in Hudson, NY
This large decorative tole urn was made in France, circa 1780 . The elongated form is topped with a cascading series of icicle shapes that again appear at th...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Tôle

Pair Of Louis XVI Tole Verrieres
Located in Essex, MA
Oval painted with a mat black and red palette in the classical taste in imitation of ancient Greece. Side handles.
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Tin

16th Century Ceremonial Urn from Burkina Faso, Africa
Located in NICE, FR
Beautiful funerary terracotta urn called from the Bura region (Niger) in West Africa. This cylindrical anthropomorphic sculpture is adorned with geometric designs. It depicts a human...
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Burkinabe Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Japanese Edo Period Cloisonne Enamel Jar
Located in Queens, NY
A antique Japanese late Edo Period lidded enamel jar. The jar has a globular shaped body. The exterior of the vase is adorned with medallions ...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Enamel

Ancient Roman Glass Funerary Urn
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary glass vessel hails from the illustrious Roman empire, likely from Italy, dating to the mid-1st to 2nd century CE. It is exceptionally rare to find such a large and...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Glass

Large Pair of Antique Carved "Istria" Stone Vases
Located in Rome, IT
Oval shaped gadrooned Vasca with spreading socles. Venetian School of Dalmatia, 1680-1720.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stone

18th Century Large Italian Terracotta Jar with Lovely Rich Green Poured Glaze
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Italian 18th century green glazed terracotta double handled jar. This Italian jar features rich green paint of dark and light tones that have a po...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of 18th c. Painted Tole Urns
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegantly aged and rich with historical charm, this pair of 18th century painted tole urns brings a refined touch of antique European decor to any interior. Handcrafted from tole (ti...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Tin

Japanese Export Blue and White Vase, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
An 18th Century Japanese Export Blue and White Vase With gently curving shape and soft blue tones, depicting flowers and reeds, with repeated pattern borders, and stapled repairs. ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Gustavian Alpine Scandinavian Pewter Wine Can Flask Metalwork Decanter Flagon
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Very evocative piece of decor, a real old world relic of nobility and or wealth. Noted as a Swiss Swirl Wine Can by last collector owner, but could also be Austrian or German made. V...
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Swiss Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pewter

Small 18th Century French Rococo Brass Planter Flower Pot
Located in Copenhagen, K
French Rococo Planter or Flower Pot in Brass, Circa 1780 Period French flower pot with beautiful large Rococo decorations.
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French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

Chinese Ming Ceramic Provincial Jar Celadon Glaze, Early 17th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese hand-thrown ceramic provincial jar with a light celadon glaze which we date to the Ming period of the early 17th century or possibly earlier. The jar is hand potted...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Antique Chinese Café Au Lait Porcelain and Ormolu Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique Chinese café au leit porcelain and ormolu vases Porcelain: Chinese, 18th Century Ormolu: French, Late 19th Century Height 33cm, width 23cm, depth 18cm The porcela...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Chinese Ginger Jars
Located in Esbeek, NL
Beautiful set of Chinese ginger jars 18th century or earlier.  
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century Faience Rabbit Vase
Located in Ljungby, SE
A rabbit vase from the Swedish Marieberg faience factory, made in 1771 when Pierre Berthevin was the foreman of the factory. The vase is painted in polychr...
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Swedish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Faience

Antique Chinese Ming Porcelain China Water Pot Landscape, Early 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice water pot/jar for the Japanese market, Late Ming dynasty Kosometsuke. With matching storage box. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Color: Blue & Whi...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Georgian Blue John and Silver Urn
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important George III blue John urn is attributed to famed Swedish architect Sir William Chambers. The solid piece is carved entirely from rare Blue...
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English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stone, Marble

Japanese antique Shigaraki ware vase/withered wabi-sabi vase/16th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is Shigaraki ware pottery made in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Shigaraki ware is said to have been born in the Shigaraki region of Shiga Prefecture around the 8th century and is one...
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Japanese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Arita Imari 18th Century vase.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large wonderful quality 18th Century Japanese Arita Imari vase, with beautiful bold colouring to the scrolling foliate decoration, the inset hand painted...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Faceted Korean Ceramic Celadon Jar Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small ceramic celadon storage jar circa 18th century of Korean Joseon Dynasty. The melon shape jar with a mouth and base of the same size display a beautiful harmony in its form. T...
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Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

18th Century Italian Wooden Carved Sarcophagus-Shaped Chest with Reliquary
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An Italian Rococo sarcophagus-shaped wooden chest of bombé rectangular form with richly carved gilt decoration on a distressed ebonized ground. The hinged pagoda top lid is skillfull...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Giltwood, Wood

Antique Ca 1730 Qing Dynasty Chinese Porcelain Bowl Amsterdams Bont
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nicely Dutch decorated Chinese Porcelain Yongzheng bowl. What you see is a Jingdezhen made porcelain bowl from around 1710-1730. Later decorated in Holland...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Delft Blue and White "Havana" Tobacco Jar
Located in Houston, TX
Delft blue and white "Havana" tobacco jar, with stepped brass lid. Made in the Netherlands circa 1800. Surface of jar decorated with floral cartouche, within which "Havana" is inscribed. De Drie...
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Dutch Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft, Faience

Salvaged Shipwreck Ming Gap Jar, Thailand
Located in Atlanta, GA
This ceramic vessel from Thailand, circa early to mid 1500's, is an excellent specimen of a salvaged ceramic jar from a shipwreck during in the Ming gap p...
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Thai Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Jacques Chanel Best Craftsman in France Handmade Champagne Cellar
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Jacques Chanel Best craftsman in France Hand-made Champagne cellar in 24% lead crystal, bevel cut. Numbered 71/100 1982 50 cms x 32 diam mint condition 900 euros.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Art Glass

Georgian mahogany coopered brass bound plate bucket or pail
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
Georgian mahogany coopered plate bucket pail, brass bound, with folding cast brass bow carrying handle, now with tole (metal) liner of later date. English circa 1780 - 1800. The lon...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

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

Korean Celadon Glazed Ritual Ewer, Kundika, Goryeo Dynasty, 13th-14th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An understated and very heavily potted celadon glazed Korean ritual ewer or water sprinkler, kundinka, Goryeo Dynasty, 13th-14th century. The unusu...
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Korean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

Antique 18th Century Albarello Italian Drug Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th century Italian, blue and white Albarello, Baluster form jar with crown over double eagle design.
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Rare Rustic wabi sabi style vase in solid wood, France 1800s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1800 / vase / wood / Rustic / Antique Handmade French solid wooden vase from the late 18th or early 19th century. This decorative antique piece was crafted from warm dark b...
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French Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Wood

Ancient Classic Form Khmer Urn or Vase
Located in New York, NY
A Khmer urn or vase with a sober, classic form from the Khmer region of ancient Cambodia. Classic form, sober pieces such as these compliment sober, m...
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Cambodian Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Clay

Antique Ko Akae Plate Chinese Porcelain Wucai Tianqi Chongzhen Flowers, 17th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Presenting an exquisite early 17th century dish from Jingdezhen, crafted for the Japanese market. This stunning piece features the Ko Akae decoration of enamel overglaze flowers. Ad...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Large 18th Century Alabaster Copy of the Medici Vase
Located in London, GB
A very fine 18th century alabaster copy of the Medici Vase, after the antique. Almost certainly made in Italy for a wealthy Grand Tourist and a faithful copy of one of the most renow...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Alabaster

18th Century French walnut wine cooler
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th Century French walnut wine cooler / planter, the shaped structure having intricate carving around all sides consisting of various foliage, ribbons and gardening tools, having th...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Walnut

"The Flower Garden" Gilded Bronze Planter, France, 18th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Louis XV period Rocaille planter in chiseled and gilded bronze, scalloped with asymmetrical decoration of acanthus leaves and scrolls, and an openwork shell in its center. A...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

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

Pair of Gilt Bronze and Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
The vases in this pair feature the striking combination of Kangxi era (circa 1700) porcelain with later 19th century French gilt bronze. This type of combination—of Chinese porcelain...
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Chinese Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Pair of 18th Century Japanese Imari Lidded Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of late 18th century Japanese lidded Imari vases. Each with Dog of foo gilded finials. Blue ground scrolling decoration, with i...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Pair of 18th Century Quartz, Ormolu Mounted Vases, circa 1780
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A rare and important pair of late 18th century quartz lidded vases, each with wonderful gilded classical ormolu scrolling foliate mounts and handles, te...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Quartz, Ormolu

George III Neo Classical Water or Tea Urn by Samuel Godbehere & Edward Wigan
Located in London, GB
A very fine George III Neo Classical Water or Tea Urn made in London in 1790 by Samuel Godbehere & Edward Wigan. This very fine piece stands on a square pedestal platform with four ...
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English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Silver

Delft Blue and White "Rappe" Tobacco Jar
Located in Houston, TX
Delft blue and white "Rappe" urn-shape tobacco jar with lid, Netherlands, circa 1790-1809. Inscribed “Rappe” and decorated with coastal scene and seated “Amerindian” figure. Rappe wa...
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Dutch Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Faience

Late 18th Century Spanish Wabi-Sabi Stapled Vessel from Calanda
Located in London, GB
A late 18th/early 19th century terracotta vessel with contrasting decorative banding and characterful staple iron repairs. Originating f...
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

An antique Chinese Han Vase
Located in Schellebelle, BE
An antique Chinese Green Glazed Pottery vase from the Han Period, bc 206-ad 220,large model of a Hu vase, exceptional form of the base of the vase, exceptional Green color and silver...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

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

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