Chinese Platters and Serveware

Small late 19th century Chinese Export porcelain platter / plate - rectangular in shape with rounded corners and gilt detail at the edge, decorated with a Blue Willow style lands and...

This set of assembled plates, bowls, serving items and spoons is a visual feast and a profusion of flowers on black ground and detailed gilt hand painting. The pieces are in very good condition without cracks or chips. There are 12 bowls: 4" x 1.875" 12 bowls: 4" x 1.5"11 bowls: 4.5" x 2.125" 4 bowls: 8" x 3.5", 1 oval platter: 14 x 10". 4 plates: 9". 4 plates: 10". 12 dim sum...

Chinese Export Famille Rose 'Precious Objects' Porcelain Dish, Qianlong Period, Circa 1765-1775 This superb oval dish is a quintessential example of Chinese Export porcelain create...

20th century, Chinese porcelain plates

Vintage Asian Chinese Famille Verte decorative cabinet plate with exquisite hand-painted details of Mandarin ducks and lotus flowers. Exquisite decorative porcelain plate Famille Ver...

This beautiful porcelain plate is produced from the Qing period, called "Famille rose" porcelain. With a white background, it is decorated with polychrome butterflies, plants and flo...

Chinese export platter. Mille fleur pattern.

Beautiful decorative plate in Chinese porcelain, Rose Canton style, dating from the 19th century. It is richly adorned with traditional Chinese scenes, flowers, exotic birds, and fig...

By the 18th century, opium use had become as central to Chinese social life as taking tea or smoking tobacco, fostering a subculture rich with its own customs, traditions, and exquis...

A 19th Century Large Chinese Rose Medallion Decorative Platter in great antique construction . Measures 16" in diameter and 2" in height.

Simple lines, a modest form and a layer of hand-brushed lacquer give this petite wooden tray a provincial charm that recalls the warmth of home. Rich with character, the square tray ...

Huge antique Chinese export porcelain Canton blue & white serving platter is a nice example of Canton ware from the early 19th century. Featurin...

A large-scale Chinese blue and white porcelain charger in the Kangxi taste, decorated with peacocks amid flowering branches and stylized landscape elements. The composition is render...

This is a set of 19 pieces of Pink Mun Shou dinnerware. The Mun Shou design depicts longevity. This set includes 3 soup spoons 3 bowls ...

This hand-made vintage Chinese shallow tray features a red center dot and borders. This tray would be a great addition to any space or used as a serving tray. Dimensions: Diameter...

Grand River Landscape: Chinese Export Blue & White Porcelain Large Platter Circa 1775 An impressive and substantial Chinese Export porcelain serving platter (large dish), dating to ...

This rustic antique dough bowl was hand-carved from a solid block of wood to an asymmetrical shape with wabi-sabi appeal. Ideal as a platter or catch-all dish, the large tray is chis...

Beautiful porcelain plate "Millefleur". Polychrome jug plate decorated with millefleurs, Asian ceramic. Many coloured flowers on a black background. Details of fine golden lines. Fl...

This woven tray basket was originally used for harvesting grains or in a kitchen for food prep and storage. Despite its humble origin, the basket exhibits remarkable workmanship, bea...

Chinese Export armorial porcelain dish, Arms of Pole, circa 1745 The Chinese export armorial porcelain dish is painted with pane...

19th century platter in the rose medallion pattern. Losses to paint at edges from age and use.

Floral Symmetry: Chinese Export Famille Rose Dinnerware: A Trio of Treasures: Porcelain from the Qianlong Period, Circa 1740 This striking trio of Chinese Export porcelain pieces—a ...

Bottom is rimless and showing makers ribbing/smoothing marks, indicating very early 19th century production. No fading which is uncommon so the artwork is dark, bright and clear, thi...

This large wooden serving tray is crafted with a hand-painted panel salvaged from a vintage Chinese cabinet. Selected for its charming folk art decoration, the found panel is painted...

A very fine and exceptionally rare pair of circa 1760 Qianlong period Chinese export for the Anglo-Indian market chargers of large size, the molded and scallop-shaped bodies painted with delicately enameled 'bianco-sopra-bianco' floral borders with polychrome lotus flowers and buds surrounding central cusped cartouches painted...

Chinese Export famille rose porcelain dishes, circa 1765-1775. The pair of Chinese Export famille rose large dishes are finely painted with a flowering branch design with two la...

The turquoise and green touches in this famille rose plate with strokes of white and yellow make it irresistible. This fits into the Famille Rose Mandarin...

This lacquered serving tray is crafted with a hand-painted panel salvaged from a vintage Chinese cabinet. Selected for its charming folk art decoration, the found panel is painted wi...

Antique 19th century Qing Dynasty Chinese Canton export blue and white porcelain serving pieces. Includes two vegetable tureens with lids and one oval serving platter.  Features cla...

Antique 19th century Qing Dynasty Chinese Canton export blue and white porcelain serving pieces. Includes two vegetable tureens with lids and one oval serving platter.  Features cla...

Antique 19th century Qing Dynasty Chinese Canton export blue and white porcelain serving pieces. Includes one shallow bowl / underplate and one compote / fruit basket.  Features cla...

Tazza Early 17th Century Sharing with you this lovely and unusual tazza on tall, spreading stem with flat, unglazed base. Low cup with flaring rim. Decorated in underglaze blue is a...

Large Chinese Export Qing Famille Rose Porcelain Platter. White porcelain with birds, flowers, trees and landscape in beautiful reds, pink, green and...

Scrolls and Blossoms: A Rare Chinese Export Blue & White Dish This large, attractive Chinese Export Porcelain Dish, dating to Circa 1770, is distinguished by its unusual and rarely ...

Verdant Splendor: Chinese Export "Pseudo Tobacco Leaf" Oval Dish This vibrant Chinese Export porcelain oval dish, dating from circa 1765, presents a magnificent and early variation ...

18th century Chinese canton platter in classical blue and white. This is really a beautiful platter depicting village life with a lady crossing ...

Chinese export Blue Fitzhugh very large porcelain blue Fitzhugh oval platter and Mazarin, Late 18th-early 19th century. The remarkably large serving di...

Simple lines, a modest form, and a well-worn finish give this small Qing-dynasty tray a provincial charm that recalls the warmth of home. The tray has a beveled pinewood frame, now m...

A very nice Republic period rosewood hand-carved serving tray with pewter dragon and bat appliques, circa 1930s. The tray is in good vintage condition and measures 10"Wx18"Lx1.5"D. ...

A Chinese famille rose Porcelain charger 20th century. The center enamelled with two birds on a flowering peony branch the rim with further floral cartouches on yellow scrol...

A huge, rare, and authentic Chinese Kangxi porcelain plate or shallow dish from the early Kangxi period of the 17th century, hand-decorated with flowers on the underside of the rim a...

This lacquered serving tray is crafted with a hand-painted panel salvaged from a vintage Chinese cabinet. Selected for its charming folk art decoration, the found panel is painted wi...

Beautiful plate of the Compagnie des Indes from the Qianlong period, 18th century. This porcelain soup plate, has very beautiful hand painted decor...

Simple lines, a modest form and a layer of hand-brushed lacquer give this petite Qing-dynasty tray a provincial charm that recalls the warmth of home. The original black lacquer fini...

Large 19th century Chinese Export famille rose porcelain platter. Qianlong Period, decorated with the figure of a mahout astride an elephant and flower sprays with gold rim. The theme of this lot indicates that it was probably made for the European colonial market in India, where East Indian ships...

Circa 1830 Chinese Export Porcelain Orange Fitzhugh Platter. Gilt rim. Soft color range with a few dark iron red feathers. Minor gilt losses to rim. A popular pattern & color exporte...

"Canton Maritime": Chinese Export Blue & White Oval Serving Dish Probably American-market, Circa 1810-20 A substantial Chinese Export porcelain serving dish of oval form, dating...

Vibrant Prosperity: A Famille Verte 'Flower Basket' Dish from the Kangxi Golden Age This magnificent Chinese Export porcelain dish, dating to the height of the Kangxi Period (c. 1700-1710), is a resplendent example of the famed famille verte (green family) palette. This enameling technique, characterized by its brilliant, translucent greens, yellows, and blues, reached its zenith under the patronage of the Kangxi Emperor, ushering in a golden age of ceramic production at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen (Guest and Gray). Auspicious Symbolism and Design Mastery The dish is a feast of intricate design and rich symbolism, centered on an openwork beribboned basket of peony and lotus flowers. The flower basket motif is highly auspicious in Chinese art, being one of the attributes of the Daoist Immortal Lan Caihe, and symbolizes longevity and good fortune (Sotheby's, Lot 657, 2015). This meaning is powerfully reinforced by the inclusion of a central shou character (寿) in the basket, the Chinese ideograph for Longevity, a core wish in Chinese culture for a long, healthy, and prosperous life (Metropolitan Museum of Art). The presence of the shou character, often incorporated into designs for Imperial birthday celebrations during this era, underscores the dish's grand and celebratory intent. The radial design radiates outward with petal-shaped reserves in the cavetto, each containing detailed flowering plants issuing from rockwork, all set against a signature pale-green stippled ground (Dizi). The border completes the composition with an ornate pattern of green trellis-work punctuated by iron-red flower heads, alternating with oval panels containing various Precious Objects (Ba Gu), further emphasizing wealth and good fortune. This large dish, at over 14 inches in diameter, was one of the exquisite items commissioned for the European export market, particularly by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), where its vibrant colors and complex iconography were highly prized by wealthy clientele (Guest and Gray). The reverse, painted in underglaze blue with delicate floral sprays, maintains a link to the more traditional Chinese aesthetic. This piece is a tangible embodiment of the technical sophistication and artistic brilliance that made Kangxi famille verte porcelain...

A very nicely decorated saucer dish with flowers. mid qianlong circa 1750 Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Emperor: Kangxi (1661-1722), ...

Finely detailed and hand painted porcelain platter. Probably made for the English market. Excellent condition.

Early-mid 19th century Chinese export porcelain blue & white platter. Octagonal form with notched corners. Charming decoration of birds by the water with butterfly, flowers & rock ou...

Simple lines, a modest form, and a layer of hand-brushed lacquer give this petite Qing-dynasty tray a provincial charm that recalls the warmth of home. The original black lacquer fin...

Chinese Export pseudo-tobacco-leaf pattern platter, circa 1770.

Chinese Export platter, circa 1820. Mille fleur pattern.

Pair of Chinese plates with floral motifs from the Compagnie des Indes dating from the 18th century. They are decorated with a bouquet of flowers a...

Simple lines, a modest form and a layer of hand-brushed lacquer give this petite Qing-dynasty tray a provincial charm that recalls the warmth of home. The original burgundy lacquer f...

A large Chinese Export Famille Rose charger with pink lotus and other flowers. Painted in bright vivid colors of blues, reds and yellow accents.

Chinese export underglazed blue and polychrome octagonal platter, circa 1800.

This vintage beige ceramic charger plate exudes timeless elegance, with its softly hued surface and clean lines that beautifully complement any dining setting. The charming beige col...

European Union: Chinese Export Famille Rose Armorial Platter, Probably Dutch market, Circa 1760 (Qianlong Period) This elegant rectangular serving dish with canted corners features ...