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Period: Late 19th Century
Late 19th Century Pair of Adams Jasperware Vases
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Late 19th Century pair of Adams Jasperware vases with delicate applied scenes depicting Neoclassical figures which represent the four seasons, adorned...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
$4,433 / set
Tall Fabulous Royal Worcester Vase Hand Painted with Ferns and Other Flora
Located in Boston, MA
This is a stunning tall Royal Worcester vase hand painted with beautiful ferns and other flora. Each of the flora paintings have raised blush ivory porcelain decoration between them....
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English Romantic Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Asian Porcelain Cachepot with Floating Cartouches Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Asian porcelain cachepot from the late 19th century, with floating cartouches and blue, white and orange tones. Created in Asia during the later years of the 19th century, this sm...
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Asian Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th-Century Iznik-Style Vase by Samson
By Edmé Samson
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
An Iznik-style vase made by Edmé Samson et Cie after a 16th-century Turkish bottle vase in the collection of the Musée d'Ecouen.
The vase’s bulbous body is decorated in a red, cobalt blue, turquoise, and green floral design of saz leaves, roses, and tulips. The neck is decorated with delicate floral sprays. The design is highlighted with gilding throughout, and is intentionally sparse around the turquoise area of the neck to mimic the wear of the 16th-century vase after which it was modelled. As with many other Samson Iznik...
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British Islamic Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Large Austrian Neoclassical Style Porcelain Vases by Royal Vienna
Located in London, GB
Large Austrian Neoclassical style porcelain vases by Royal Vienna
Austrian, Late 19th Century
Height 98cm, diameter 32cm
Crafted by the prestigious Royal Vienna Porcelain Manufactory, this exquisite pair of vases embodies the centuries-old tradition of European porcelain artistry.
Designed in an elegant baluster form, each vase features a deep navy ground, providing a striking backdrop for the finely hand-painted historical tableaux. The slender necks are adorned with delicate gilded patterns, further enhanced by ribbon-tied accents and raised gilded jewels, a particularly coveted element in high-quality porcelain. Matching porcelain lids, crowned with a pinecone finial, complete the sophisticated design, while the spreading socle bases mirror the decorative motifs of the necks.
The vases depict four significant historical events, masterfully reinterpreted from renowned artworks. One scene illustrates King Charles V liberating Christian slaves in Tunis, inspired by a 19th-century engraving by Nicaise de Keyser (Belgian, 1813-1887). Another portrays the Battle of Bouvines (1214), based on an 1827 painting by Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863). A third panel brings to life Oliver Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament, adapted from a 1782 print by Benjamin West (American, 1738-1820). The final scene, inspired by Jan Matejko’s (Polish, 1838-1893) 1866 painting ‘Rejtan’ (also known as ‘The Fall of Poland’), represents the first partition of Poland in 1773. The Austrian porcelain artists have reimagined these compositions with richer, more luminous colours, infusing the scenes with energy while softening their dramatic intensity.
Supporting these vases are ornate porcelain plinths, decorated with oval cartouches featuring additional painted vignettes. The undersides of the lids are inscribed with the corresponding scene titles. These include: Der letzte Reichstag zu Warschau (The last parliament in Warsaw), Karl V als Befreier der christlichen Sklaven in Tunis (Charles V as liberator of the Christian slaves in Tunis), Cromwell verhindert die Verfolgung des Waldenser (Cromwell prevents the persecution of the Waldensians), Bataille de Bouvines (Battle of Bouvines).
Each piece bears the blue ‘FD/ VIENNA / AUSTRIA’ mark for Franz Dörfl.
With their grand proportions, historical depth, and remarkable artistic execution, this pair of vases is an extraordinary acquisition for any collector of fine European porcelain.
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Austrian Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Satsuma Vase ~ Jardiniere with Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Japanese Satsuma Vase ~ Jardiniere with Bronze Mounts is an amazing work of art with scenes hand-painted around the en...
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Japanese Japonisme Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Taisho Period Japanese Satsuma Style Covered Jars
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of 19th century temple jars, lidded, Chinoiserie Foo Dog Finials, Exceptional quality and detail with raised hand painted work.
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Porcelain Armorial Urns by Naples Capodimonte 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A pair of hand painted porcelain with armorial cartouches on the fronts and bouquets of flowers on the backs. The shapely form with cobalt and hand gilt decoration, marked with the N...
Category
European Chinese Export Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Important Pair of "Breche sanguine" Ewers by Maison Millet, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of Louis XV style ewers in « Brèche sanguine » marble and gilded bronze. Rich Rocaille decoration with asymmetrical foliage motifs, resting on an elegant openwork scal...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Demijohn or Carboy
Located in Chicago, IL
Take your pick, carboy, demijohn or jimmyjohn, they all refer to the same glass vessel. Carboy's originate from the Persian word; qarabah, while demijohn comes courtesy of the French...
Category
French Country Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Art Nouveau Purple Twist Vase by Raoul Lachenal
Located in Chicago, US
The son of Edmond Lachenal, Raoul Lachenal worked in his father's studio until 1911, when he established a new workshop at Boulogne-sur-Seine. While some of Raoul Lachenal's Art Nouv...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Pair large Japanese Meiji period Cloisonné enamel vases on stands.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive, fine quality Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Cloisonné enamel vases on carved wood stands. Each having wonderful classical motif decoration to the boarders, inse...
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Japanese Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Glazed Ceramic Jardiniére, Art Nouveau Period, Austria, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Glazed ceramic jardiniére. Art Nouveau period. Austria, late 19th century.
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Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century English Jasperware Planter and Stand in Blue and White.
By Wedgwood
Located in Dallas, TX
A 19th century English Jasperware planter and underplate, stand in a dark blue and white glaze in the neoclassical style. This decorative and usef...
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English Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair of Peony Vases, French, Decorative Ceramic Urn, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique pair of peony vases. A French, decorative ceramic baluster urn adorned with butterflies, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890....
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French Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Antique Cyprus Engraved Gourds
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Cyprus has a long history of gourd art, they were used to carry water and wine, here are two 19th century prime examples of the art form hand engraved with geometrics, animals, ships...
Category
Cypriot Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Natural Fiber
$5,750 / set
Art Nouveau Earthenware Floral Vase by Edmond Lachenal
Located in Chicago, US
EDMOND LACHENAL (1855-1948)
One of France’s most influential ceramists, Edmond Lachenal contributed significantly to the development of Art Nouveau. His poor beginnings in Paris le...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Massive Sevres Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Centrepiece
Located in London, GB
19th century sevres style centrepiece with impressive gilding all around it.
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Satsuma Vase or Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century (Meiji period 1868-1912) Japanese satsuma vase or lamp. Having classical gilded decoration of flowers, birds and scholars. Mounted on a fretted ormol...
Category
Japanese Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Doulton Lambeth Stoneware Vases, circa 1895
Located in New York, NY
Signed Frank Butler.
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of 19th Century Oriental Satsuma Vases, ca. 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 19th century oriental Satsuma vases were hand-painted on the finest Japanese porcelain then set on cast bronze bases for the ultimate in Oriental Opulence! An intricate "pie ...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Sèvres Style Parcel-Gilt Porcelain Jardinière
Located in Long Island City, NY
A late 19th century Sèvres style parcel-gilt porcelain jardinière
Finely painted with numerous colored flowers with green and gold trim, gilt ram heads on either side.
In late ...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Stevens and Williams Osiris Art Glass Vase, C. 1886
Located in Mobile, AL
In 1886, John Northwood, famous glass artist of Stourbridge, UK, (later instrumental in the development of art glass in the US), invented a pull up machine allowing small metal teeth...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
$2,030 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Bohemian Opaline Overlay Glass Mantle Luster, 19th Century
Located in Rostock, MV
Exquisite Mantle Luster in Opaline Overlay Glass with Cut Crystal Prisms
Milky white opaline glass with blue overlay
Top quality and impressive size
C...
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Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Cut Glass, Opaline Glass
Art Nouveau Primordeal Vase by Raoul Lachenal
Located in Chicago, US
The son of Edmond Lachenal, Raoul Lachenal worked in his father's studio until 1911, when he established a new workshop at Boulogne-sur-Seine. While some of Raoul Lachenal's Art Nouv...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
19th century Chinese Nankin Porcelain Pair of Vases
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very beautiful pair of 19th century Chinese vases in Nanjing porcelain.
These vases feature a polychrome enameled decoration depicting battle scenes, soldiers armed with swords and ...
Category
Chinese Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$1,150 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Large Pair Dresden porcelain lidded vases, circa 1890.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive pair Dresden, Meissen style German porcelain lidded vases. Each with Cherubs frolicking around, depicting classical hand pai...
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German Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Gothic Stone Garden Urns - Octagonal on Pedestal Base Architectural
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous pair of English stone garden urns of octagonal form
Great for the garden, can you imagine how these would look with flowers overflowing?
Stand on the square pedestal bases f...
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Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stone
Fine 19th Century Vienna-Style Porcelain Vase 'Search for Love' by Pirkenhammer
By Pirkenhammer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Impressive Bohemian 19th Century Vienna-Style Neoclassical Revival Style Pirkenhammer Porcelain Vase - Urn. The ovoid shaped finely painted all around body with allegorical scenes representing 'The Search for Love', with one side depicting a pensive maiden seated on a rock form by the seashore, the opposite side depicting a maiden, also seated by the seashore, being visited by a love-cupid (cherub or angel), flanked by a pair of finely detailed double-headed snake-form 24 carat gilt handles centered with mask terminals, raised on an attached circular gilt, cream and blue Celeste decorated plinth. Stamped with an underglaze black printed crossed hammers mark and further mark "O.P.C.N. / RAD" to the underside. The associated and later domed cobalt-blue, cream and gilt decorated porcelain cover-lid with a cream and gilt bud finial, not original to the vase. Signed "Al Eckardt". Circa: Bohemia, 1890-1894.
The porcelain painter A. Louis Eckardt is mentioned by Waltraud Neuwirth, Porzellanmaler-Lexicon (1977), Vol. I, p.251 as working from the Prager Strasse in Dresden in 1894. The Bohemian Pirkenhammer factory was founded in 1803, and in the second half of the 19th century the factory was exporting to Vienna and London. The Prikenhammer marks on these vases show they were made after 1887, and it is therefore likely this vase can be dated between the time of the introduction of the mark for this Bohemian factory, and the time Eckhardt returned to Dresden in 1894. Eckhardt is also recorded as a painter of Berlin plaques. The Pirkenhammer porcelain factory was established in 1802 in Karlovy Vary using...
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Czech Neoclassical Revival Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$18,950 Sale Price
23% Off
Sterling Silver And Brilliant Cut Lay Down Perfume Bottle
Located in Norwood, NJ
Finest quality and rare brilliant cut glass and sterling silver lay down perfume bottle/vial. Top of repoussé sterling silver by Alexander Clar...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal, Cut Steel
Footed Vase with Grape Vine Motif by RStK Amphora
Located in Chicago, US
Model #3425
Highly stylized vase with grape vine motif and secessionist handles.
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Tu...
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Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware, Glass
H. Dasson, Pair of covered Vases « with Lions », France, Circa 1880
By Henry Dasson
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of green marble covered vases, set in an elegant chiseled and gilded bronze mount, decorated with lion heads alternating with garlands of flowers. The molded lid is to...
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French Louis XIV Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of English Victorian Adam Pewter Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Victorian (Adam style) small pewter urns with covers having a swag relief and rope design handles. (PRICED AS PAIR).
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Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pewter
Bohemian Female Portrait Vase Art Noveau Amphora circa 1895 blue and gold
By Amphora
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Bohemian Ceramic Vase
Manufactured by Amphora Riessner Stellmacher & Kessel, Turn-Teplitz
circa 1895
"ivory porcelain", ceramics, colorfully glazed, ...
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Austrian Jugendstil Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold, Enamel
$5,175 Sale Price
40% Off
Pair of French Sevres Style Porcelain Lidded Vases, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of late 19th century French sevres porcelain lidded vases. Each with gilded ormolu handles either side and unusual inset hand painted romantic chinoiserie sc...
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French Chinoiserie Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Majolica Barbotine Jardinière Hunt Stag Onnaing Cache Pot Planter
By Onnaing
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Majolica Barbotine Jardinière Hunt Stag Onnaing Cache Pot Planter.
Direct from France, a gorgeous 19th century antique French majolica jardinière or cache pot!
The ca...
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French French Provincial Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Majolica
Very Large 19th Century Italian Maiolica Hand Painted Vase
By Cantagalli
Located in London, GB
A very large 19th century twin handled maiolica vase in the form of a wine krater. The exquisite hand painted decoration includes two central cartouches, one depicting Bacchus and Ar...
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Italian Renaissance Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Zitan Brush Pot with Soapstone Inlay, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This beautif...
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Chinese Qing Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Soapstone
Rare Pair of Late 19th Century French Enamel Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Rare Pair of Late 19th Century French Enamel Vases
The front with a maiden in the woods, the sides and back with flowers and landscape scenes.
...
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French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Highly Decorative French Enamelled Vase, Attributed to Samson of Paris, c.1880
Located in Worcester, GB
Highly Decorative French Enamelled Vase, Attributed to Samson of Paris, c.1880
A richly ornamental and strikingly colourful late 19th-century Fren...
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European Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Greek 19th Century Terracotta Olive Oil Jar
Located in Seaford, GB
Large Peloponnese Greek Olive Oil Pot in Beehive Ribbed Design
19th century Large Greek Olive Oil Pot - This 19th-century Greek olive oil pot is a...
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Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
19 C French Onyx, Silvered, and Gilt-Bronze Vase Attributed to Charpentier & Cie
Located in New York, NY
A Large 19th Century French Onyx, Silvered, and Gilt-Bronze Vase Attributed to Charpentier & Cie. The vase consists of an onyx body with a flared, slightly everted rim and a taperin...
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French Greek Revival Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
$23,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine pair 19th Century Rose Medallion lidded vases.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This stunning pair of 20-inch Chinese Rose Medallion lidded vases epitomizes the elegance of 19th-century craftsmanship. Each vase features intricate scenes depicting courtly life an...
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Chinese Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Brass Mortar and Pestle Minature
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Measures: Mortar height 5.5cm
Mortar width 10.2cm
Mortar depth 10.2cm
Pestle: 10 x 2.5cm
just purchased more information to follow or on request.
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English Baroque Revival Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Large Painted Italian Majolica Urn, circa 1885
Located in Dallas, TX
From Italy, this large, hand-painted Majolica urn dates to the late 1800s. At the top are two putti seated upon the lid and two more putti lying upon their stomachs on the curled aca...
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Italian Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Majolica
Antique Chinese Celadon Blue And White Vase
Located in Norwood, NJ
A large antique 19th century Chinese floor vase having a celadon ground and blue and white underglaze decoration to the body. The underglaze decoration is of a large Foo lion above ...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Sumida Ware Vase with Two Men on Rocky Ledge by Inoue Ryosai II
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Sumida ware vase with two men on rocky ledge seeking bird eggs by Inoue Ryosai in the mid-Meiji Period and continued on by two generation potters by the same name until the Showa Per...
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Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
$1,760 Sale Price
44% Off
Antique Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Mounted Green Marble Centerpiece Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Our antique (late 19th century) footed centerpiece bowl is finely carved from green marble with gilt bronze mounts including foliate band below the rim, beading at the base of the so...
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Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Baccarat Grasshopper Vase Exposition Universelle Paris 1878, made in France
By Baccarat
Located in London, GB
A rare and beautiful ‘Grasshopper’ vase by Baccarat, made in France and designed for the Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair) in Paris in 1878.
The...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Pair 19th Century French Sevres Style Porcelain Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th century French Sevres style porcelain vases, each with classical gilded ormolu mask handles to either si...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Large English Metal Pitcher, Late 19th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Large English metal pitcher, late 19th century.
A handsome early 20th century copper jug with a distinctive patina surface decoration.
The large pitcher displays well with a lovely...
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European Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
$975 Sale Price
25% Off
19th Century Spanish Hand Thrown and Glazed Green Stoneware Pottery Bowl
Located in Miami, FL
Large one-of-a-kind gorgeous hand thrown and hand glazed green and cream colored stoneware pottery bowl vessel. Thick and glazing like.
This would make an excellent indoor or outdoor water...
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Spanish Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of art nouveau Mettlach pottery vases with incised markings to underside
By Mettlach
Located in San Francisco, CA
each double-handled urn painted with meandering foliate design on a blue-gray ground; with incised marks to the underside
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German Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$2,080 Sale Price / set
20% Off
SÈVRES Manufacture, Pair of Chameleon Vases of the Persian Bottle Model
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
The “Persian bottle vase” model, created at the Sèvres manufactory in 1874 based on a Persian metal prototype, exists in several versions that vary in c...
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French Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
A Fine Pair of Royal Vienna Gilt Porcelain Covered vases
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite pair of highly decorated Royal Vienna Gilt Porcelain covered vases. Scenes of neoclassical beauties on all four sides with large paintings on the front and back, and sm...
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Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Era Vase By Gonda Hirosuke
Located in Long Island City, NY
An ancient Japanese vase with magnificent flower decoration made in a polychrome cloisonne enamel on a pale turquoise ground. Classic form for Ja...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Fine Japanese Enameled Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan Meiji Period
By Kinkozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic satsuma ware vase with very fine surface decoration made by Kinkozan circa 1880-1900s of late Meiji Period. The vase is of an elegant and relatively rare form with a trumpet shape body and the so-called garlic neck and opening. The surface is exquisitely decorated in a floral scheme with gilt and a light jewel-tone enamel. The top part showcases large bundles of wisteria blossom in white and purple, cascading down from a gilt wood trellis...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of « Rams » Perfume Burners attr. to Maison Millet, France, Circa 1870
Located in PARIS, FR
Diameter base : 16 cm
Provenance : Michahelles Collection, Hamburg
Beautiful pair of Louis XVI style perfume burners in fluorite with elegant chiseled and gilded bronze mount. The l...
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French Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Pair of Vases with Bouquets, Gien Manufacture, France, C1880
By Theodore Deck, Gien
Located in PARIS, FR
A charming pair of polychrome earthenware vases with gold-leaf interleaving, a technique in which Théodore Deck had become a specialist.
These oblong-shaped vases are decorated on e...
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French Other Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rare Pair of Early Period Makuzu Kozan Takauki High-Relief Vases
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning pair of ceramic vases with gilt, paint and high-relief decoration by imperial artist Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916, also known as Miyagawa Kozan) circa 1876-81 (late Meiji period). These vases belong to early period (1876-1881) of Kozan's repertoire, during which time the high relief sculpturing (known as Takauki ware) was used as a distinguished technique on top of the traditional gilt and paint ornaments of satsuma ware. Due to the relatively limited production and the fragile nature of these wares, not a large quantity of the examples remained in the first place, not mentioning a fine matching signed pair in such impressive sizes.
Not only a rarity, this pair of vases is also superb in workmanship, thus the fine example of the work from that short and unique period of the artist's career before he switched to the underglaze period. In a conceptually mirrored fashion, the surface is richly decorated with flying cranes among large lotus leaves and flower, like an idyllic aqua scenery of pure poetry on a circular scroll. The high-relief appliques were rendered and composed in realistic fashion but with a dramatic touch. They are literally about to break the surface free, alive and in motion. The dark colors of the glaze were used to set a moody tone. The approach to create this type of ornamentations is more akin to sculpturing an ink painting in three-dimension than ceramic making. It is not hard to imagine the demand of both the artistry and the technique.
Both vases were signed as "Makuzu Kozan Kiln" and each further with another name and seal, which are most likely the individual artist involved in the making process. Similar signatures can be seen in the reference book below.
For similarly Takauki vases, see Miyagawa Kozan Makuzu...
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Japanese Japonisme Antique Late 19th Century Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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