Chinese Ceramic Glazed Urn, c. 1900

Originally used for pickling foods, this early 20th century ceramic jar is coated inside and out with a warm grey glaze. Decorative ridges patterning the jar's high shoulders manipul...

This early 20th-century vessel emulates the full-bodied shapes and unusual glazing found in ancient ceramics. A thick brown glaze clings to the upper half of the jar, dripping to a s...

A thick black glaze softly covers the tapered form of this early 20th-century jar, once used daily in a Qing-dynasty kitchen. The petite jar is shaped with gently sloping sides and h...

Tracing its roots back into the Han dynasty, this early 20th-century vessel emulates the full-bodied shapes and unusual glazing found in ancient ceramics...

Italian White Glazed Porcelain Urn Vessel or Vase Glased Porcelain by Bassano, circa 1930.

Vintage Contemporary ceramic urn. Beautiful matte glazed finish in a chic sage green color. Drilled for drainage. Part of a collection of urns that are also available on my Chairish ...

Very large lidded jars with shaped bulbous forms tapering to the bases. Decorated in yellow and blue on white with medallions with floral baskets on the shoulders. Yellow floral bands separate the lower geometric motifs. The lids with complimentary floral decoration. H. 39", Diameter 17.5”. Condition: Please see all detail photos. There are some chips to the rims, lids and base edges , stable age-related craklure to the glaze as well as an old re-glued chip...

A Chinese four-legged barrel-form brass urn cast and engraved with archaistic decoration from the 20th century. The gently rounded sides are cast with the dispersed elements of two taotie masks, Archaistic auspicious beasts formed by a pair of stylized and confronted dragons which constitutes the features of this mythical creature, abstractly rendered in low-relief hooked curls. Two bands of kui or passing dragons flank the taotie ornamentation on the belly, all upon an engraved and very finely delineated white leiwen ground symbolizing thunder. Raised on four atlantes with a few anatomical engraved details, the urn possesses a flat circular lid decorated with stylized birds and topped with a phoenix-shaped knob with a ring, a propitious symbol in Chinese art. The white engraved ground nicely contrasting with the dark patina along with the Archaistic traditional low relief decoration echoes Chinese archaic ritual bronzes used in ceremonies or buried in the tombs of the elites for use in the afterlife. This Chinese barrel...