Chinoiserie Ceramics
CHINOISERIE STYLE
Emerging in the 17th century, chinoiserie appropriated the aesthetics and imagery of popular East Asian design for European-made versions. Reflecting the exoticization of China, Japan and other countries in this era, the word directly translates from French to “Chinese-esque,” which reveals its shortcomings as a style of furniture and decor that often stereotypically and reductively mimics Asian culture rather than showcasing and paying tribute to its artistic traditions.
The enthusiastically decorative chinoiserie style was propelled by influential tastemakers including French King Louis XIV, whose Trianon de Porcelaine in 1670 was inspired by Chinese architecture. Expanded trade between the East and West led to a demand for porcelain, lacquer objects, silk and other goods, which further informed the fanciful furniture being crafted in Europe.
Artisans working in the chinoiserie style used materials and elements like pagoda shapes, bamboo, lacquer surfaces, bird and flower motifs and other interpretations of Asian design on pieces that were frequently set against vibrant wallcoverings. This whimsical approach yielded chinoiserie furniture that boasted dramatic flourishes drawing on the natural world and reflected the dominance of Rococo during the 18th century.
As chinoiserie was shaped by approximations of Asian design by European creators, it had regional variations, such as Chinese Chippendale in England where cabinets, chairs and tea tables had wooden fretwork designs and “japanned” surfaces intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia. In North America, furniture makers in Boston and New York integrated chinoiserie-painted scenes into Queen Anne furniture.
Antique chinoiserie furniture has continued to be fashionable, from its popularity with decorators of the Hollywood Regency era — James Mont, Tommi Parzinger, William Haines and Samuel Marx favored the style — to contemporary interior designers, although it brings with it a complex history.
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Style: Chinoiserie
Late 19th Century Satsuma Bowl with the Five Warriors
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous piece of late 19th century Satsuma depicting the 5 warriors in excellent antique condition with no issues to speak of. Finely detailed. interior. Have not cleaned the unders...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Georgian Plate by Spode in Gilded Bow Pot Pattern Number 2954, circa 1820
By Josiah Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful plate in the Bow Pot pattern, produced by the Spode factory and made of a type of earthenware pottery called Pearl-ware, in the early 19th century, circa 1820.
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Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Pearlware
Early New Hall Porcelain Bowl Chinese Figures Lady with parasol Ptn. 20, Ca 1790
By New Hall
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hard paste porcelain waste or slop bowl by New Hall in a hand painted Chinoiserie figure pattern number 20, dating to the late 18th century, Circa 1790.
The bowl is well...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Davenport Porcelain Lidded Bowl in Chinoiserie Pattern 2829, English 1860
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good porcelain covered bowl, complete with lid, having a very decorative chinoiserie pattern, number 2829 made by Davenport & Co. of Longport, Staffordshire, England, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Georgian Spode Plate or Dish Chinoiserie Pattern No. 1867 porcelain, circa 1820
By Josiah Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful square plate or dish produced by the Spode factory and made of porcelain, in the early 19th Century, Circa 1815 to 1827.
The dish is well potted on a low foot ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Enamel Ceramic Vase Signed Eugène Victor Collinot Toujours, France, circa 1870
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Enamel ceramic vase signed Eugène Victor Collinot Toujours. France, circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Salt Cellar Dish Faience French Oval Green Brown Orange White
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare surviving small piece of early tableware. Suitable for everyday use as a charming piece of history for the dining table.
The oval centre painted with a large berry and leafy ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Mason's Ironstone Tea Cup Hand Painted in Gilded Water Lily Pattern, circa 1835
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful, early Tea Cup in the highly collected Water Lily pattern, made by Mason's Ironstone, England, circa 1835.
This cup has one of the highly decorative and sought...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Dish, delftware, English, Liverpool, blue white butterfly 35cm 13 3/4" c1760
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Delightfully painted in soft tones of blue conveying the lightness and charm of Chinoiserie.
Painted with a chinoiserie landscape scene of a large peony growing behind a fence wit...
Category
18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Salt Cellar Dish Faience Oval French Yellow Blue White Sprig Stripe
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare surviving small piece of early tableware. Suitable for everyday use as a charming piece of history for the dining table.
French faience salt. Oval shape with a leafy sprig in...
Category
18th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Georgian Mason's Ironstone Oval Dish in Table & Flower Pot Pattern, circa 1818
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good hand painted Mason's ironstone small oval dish, in the table and flowerpot gilded pattern, from their earliest George IIIrd period, circa 1818.
The piece is well pott...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Miles Mason Porcelain Coffee Can Blue & White Broseley Gilded Ptn 50, circa 1808
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a porcelain blue and white, gilded Coffee Can made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, in the early 19th century George 111rd period, circa 1805-1810.
The piece is well potted with vertical flutes, a slightly wavy rim and the loop handle with the distinctive thumb rest spur.
The can is decorated in the under-glaze blue printed Pagoda or Broseley, chinoiserie Willow pattern, (sometimes called Boy at the Door pattern). The piece is also richly gilded in Miles Mason pattern 50 as illustrated on Page 78 of the book; Miles Mason Patterns and Shapes, produced by the Mason's Collectors' Club. The coffee can is also hand gilded around the rims and on the outer handle.
The piece is fully marked to the base with an under-glaze blue printed square seal mark (pseudo Chinese) as illustrated on page 92 of the above publication.
Overall a very good Georgian coffee can...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Six Enamel Ceramic Dishes by Longwy, France, Mid-19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Set of six enamel ceramic dishes by Longwy, France, mid-19th century.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Blue and White Chinoiserie Porcelain Saucer Set of 5, Japan
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Set of 4 blue and white saucer plates.
Each plate features a painted scene of a pagoda, set atop a hill surrounded by flora and fauna. Birds ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$200 Sale Price / set
33% Off
Early Miles Mason Saucer Dish Porcelain Boy at Door Pattern, circa 1805
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a porcelain Saucer Dish or Bowl in the "Boy at the Door" pattern, made by Miles Mason (Mason's) dating to very early in the 19th century.
This d...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
SIX Davenport Porcelain Plates Hand Painted and Gilded Pattern, Circa 1870
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good set of six porcelain plates, all hand painted and gilded, attributed to the Davenport Company of Longport, Staffordshire Potteries, England, dating to the 19th century...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Spanish Sargadelos Ceramic Transferware Octagonal Serving Plate
By Sargadelos
Located in Madrid, ES
The origin of Sargadelos Ceramics goes back to the early 19th century in Spain's northern province of Galicia. Industrialist Antonio Raimundo Ibáñez had already established a thriving metalworks foundry in the rural Santiago de Sargadelos parish, when in 1806 he expanded his business into chinaware manufacturing when conflicts with Great Britain ceased the importation of the popular, bright white “Bristol...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Copeland Spode Stone China Desert Plate Tobacco Leaf Pattern No. 2061, Ca 1865
By Copeland
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good stone China (Ironstone) Desert Plate, hand painted in the tobacco leaf pattern, number 2061, made by the Copeland (Spode) factory in the 19th century, English Victoria...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian period Masons Ironstone Mug in Basket Japan Pattern, circa 1820
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Ironstone pottery mug made by the English factory of Mason's Ironstone, fully marked and dating to the early 19th century, circa 1820.
Early Mason's mugs tend to be f...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Mason's Ashworth's Ironstone Dinner Plate in Coloured Wall Pattern, circa 1870
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a mid-19th century Mason’s patent ironstone Dinner Plate produced at the time when Mason's was owned and controlled by George L Ashworth after the bankruptcy of C J Mason in ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Ceramic Chinoiserie Vide Poche Decorative Dishes, Set of 4
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of four pretty scalloped chinoiserie dishes. Each dish is slightly bowl-shaped and would be fabulous if used as a lemon dish at a place setting, or as...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Georgian New Hall Porcelain Oval Teapot with Boy in Window Pattern 425, Ca 1802
By New Hall
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hard paste porcelain tea pot and lid by New Hall dating to very early 19th century, George 111rd period, circa 1800 / 1805.
The Teapot is well potted with an oval shape and high loop handle.
The decoration is hand-painted in bold enamels in a chinoiserie pattern called "Boy or Lady in the Window" and is pattern number 425, with an upper rim dot and line border.
This is a recorded New Hall pattern.
A similar Teapot in the same shape with a different pattern is illustrated on page 112 of the book: An Anthology of British Teapots by Philip Miller & Michael Berthoud published by Micawber Publications.
The base has the pattern number 425 hand painted in burnt orange, on the inner foot rim.
Please Note : This piece has damage which is not obvious when displayed and it displays very well.
- please see item condition for details.
Overall a beautifully decorated example of an early English, Georgian Teapot...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pewter Wrapped Ceramic Blue and White Chinoiserie Calligraphy Bowl - Hong Kong
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large round vintage ceramic and pewter chinoiserie bowl. This large ceramic bowl is created from crisp white ceramic. It has blue Chinese calligraphy at the center arranged in a co...
Category
20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Pewter
Georgian Masons Ironstone Desert Plate in Rock Leaves & Flowers Ptn, circa 1815
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine Ironstone pottery Desert Plate made by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England and beautifully hand decorated in the Rock, Leaves and flowers Pattern...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ironstone
Porcelain Famille Rose Tea Cup or Soup Set
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful vintage porcelain famille rose three-piece hand-decorated teacup and saucer or soup set with lid, in the Chinoiserie style, circa mid-20th century, Hong Kong (British rul...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Vase in Porcelaine of Canton 20th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This small vase is made from Canton porcelain and was created in China in the 20th century.
Composed of ornamental motifs such as plants and interlacing, this vase is pink, blue-gr...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique English Blue and White Chinoiserie Square Bowls by Caughley
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of antique English blue and white chinoiserie square bowls by Caughley, each one with scalloped edges with gilt borders. Unmarked, ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
$600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair Italian Chinoiserie Porcelain Nodding Head Figures, Mid 20th Century, Italy
Located in Austin, TX
A fine pair of Italian porcelain chinoiserie nodding head figures of a Chinese Mandarin couple, made for the Marbo Lamp Company, circa 1960's, Inl...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Meissen Style Creamware Dishes 18th Century England Hand Painted Circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
This is a pair of English creamware dishes from the 18th century, created around 1780. The plates display a lovely chinoiserie scene in the Meissen style, with women selecting access...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Creamware
Chinoiserie ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinoiserie ceramics for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage ceramics created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, ironstone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinoiserie ceramics made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original ceramics, popular names associated with this style include Mason's Ironstone, Josiah Spode, Ashworth Ironstone, and Spode. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for ceramics differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $25 and tops out at $88,000 while the average work can sell for $439.
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