Chinese Cizhou Style Painted Earthenware Jug

Sculpted during the early 20th century in China's Shanxi province, this terra cotta vessel has a smoky taupe-black exterior with balanced proportions and a beautifully irregular ungl...

This ceramic jar from China's Shandong province has a bottle-neck shape meant for storing vinegar or wine made from rice and grain. Dated to the early 20th century, the jar was likel...

This impressive glazed vessel dates to the early 17th century and was used to store wine and spirits made from rice and other grains. The Ming-dynasty jar has an elegant, tapered for...

This impressive glazed vessel dates to the early 17th century and was used to store wine and spirits made from rice and other grains. The Ming-dynasty jar has an elegant, tapered for...

This impressive glazed vessel dates to the early 17th century and was used to store condiments or pickles in a Ming-dynasty kitchen. The grand jar has an elegant, tapered form and is...

This 19th-century kitchen vessel is coated inside and out with a dark brown glaze that clings to its ribbed sides with subtle color variation. Designed for serving water or tea, the squat jar features a narrow neck, small strap handles, and a short spout for pouring. The rounded shoulders are brushed with simple linework in a contrasting light brown glaze. Textured with pitted wear and other imperfections, the rustic vessel is wonderful as an unusual vase...

Late 19th Century French earthenware pottery bottle or jug from Normandy. Spout in tact. Originally used for water or cider.

This double handled earthenware jug of pottery has a narrow mouth and two handles.

Late 19th century French earthenware pottery bottle or jug from Normandy. Originally used for water or cider.

Cizhou stoneware vessel, dating to the Ming dynasty, 17th century. Traditional urn-shaped stoneware, decorated with dark brown brushwork on a ligh...

Late 19th century French earthenware pottery bottle or jug from Normandy. Originally used for water or cider.

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...