Black Dragon POOL, Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Tureen by Vito Nesta

This soup tureen is a Grand Tour piece by Vito Nesta that is part of the Amami porcelain collection. The coral reef of the Amami Islands, an archipelago off the coast of Japan, inspi...

This soup tureen is part of the Grand Tour by Vito Nesta collection Natsumi, inspired by the artist's travels around the world. The Japanese lake landscape shows us figures going abo...

This Tea Time Set is part of the Black Dragon Pool Porcelain collection by Grand Tour by Vito Nesta which is inspired by the famous Chinese pond of t...

This soup tureen is a Grand Tour piece by Vito Nesta that is part of the Las Palmas porcelain collection which is inspired by Vito's extensive travels around the world. The prominenc...

This soup tureen is a Grand Tour piece by Vito Nesta that is part of the Mont Blanc porcelain collection, Inspired by the highest mountain of the Alps, the Mont Blanc, this collectio...

This Tea Time Set is part of the Natsumi Porcelain collection by Grand Tour by Vito Nesta. The Japanese lake landscape shows us figures going about their daily lives, Geisha conversi...

The Konigliche Porcelain Manufactur of the 18th Century was finaced by Friedrich II. The fabrication of porcelain was stricktly controlled as far as productivity as well as quality...

A very nicely made 18th century Kangxi tureen. Redecorated in Europe. Old inventory number at the base. There was a small yellow sticker at the lid, which is removed now. We take a look at Amsterdams Bont porcelain from China. A relatively unknown niche of Chinese porcelain from ca 1680-1740 that was partly decorated in Europe. Because mainstream Chinese collectors have yet to discover the historical significance of these wares they are relatively easy to find in Holland. While also being highly interesting and of often super quality and with an amazing array of decorations. Amsterdams Bont is a name given to porcelain partly decorated in the Netherlands (most likely in cities like Delft, Haarlem, Makkum). Because Amsterdam was at this moment in time the trade centre of the western world and also of the porcelain trade a lot of this over enamelling was probably commissioned by Amsterdam merchants, to reap higher profits on otherwise boring Chinese wares. The name Amsterdam Bont probably derives from the fact that these type of decorated ware was sold by Amsterdam Merchants. Amsterdam Bont consists of either blanc or under glaze blue decorated Chinese porcelain of basic quality, that was later enhanced with red and sometimes other colours in the Netherlands. It must not be mistaken for other type of Chinese & Japanese blanc wares decorated in Europe. Those we simply call European Decorated Chinese porcelain. Amsterdam Bont really is easily recognisable by its colour and style. An interesting side note is that a similar process of overdecorating with red was done in London in more or less the same colours. Method of manufacturing. This enhancemend was done on “petit feux” or small fire at a lower temperature. This technique of baking enamels on a lower temperature that was perfected in the Delft around 1670-1680 to compete with the colourfull Japanese porcelain of the time. At the turn of the 17th c Chinese porcelain...

Contemporary dinner plate 'Elephants' designed by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans, a magical trip in an ottoman world made of exotic animals and...

Continental (19th Century) (Chinese Export) soup tureen with cover on an associated oval tray, both decorated with birds and a 3-masted ship.

C. 19th century Meissen porcelain beautiful soup tureen.

Antique KPM oval porcelain soup tureen is handmade with glazed relief ornament surface. It is hand painted with gold and decorated with molded flowers bouqets on the handles. Measu...