Ming Furniture
MING STYLE
In what’s considered a golden age of Chinese furniture, Ming dynasty artisans produced expertly made designs that married elegance and function. Ming furniture was versatile, such as tables that doubled as writing desks and dining spaces. But it was also beautiful, enhancing a room with clean lines, soft curves and sophisticated decoration.
Dating from 1368 to 1644, the Ming dynasty was a vibrant time for international trade and culture. Especially for scholars and the wealthy, there was an emphasis on a home’s design to promote a good life. From large wardrobes to angular sofas, Ming-style furniture was defined by its joinery, which, instead of nails, involved meticulously designed interlocking elements of wood. This material was carefully selected and positioned to make the grain part of the design. The slow-growing huanghuali, a yellowish rosewood, was particularly valued for its bright color.
Although ornamentation was minimal, Ming dynasty furniture often featured carved or painted details of flowers, insects, dragons, fruits and other motifs. Chairs crafted for scholars could include calligraphic brush writing. As overseas trade expanded, techniques from the West, like cloisonné enamel painting, adorned table screens and other pieces.
Ming furniture influenced styles abroad such as Queen Anne in England and Hollywood Regency in the United States. The curved shape of Ming armchairs had a profound impact on legendary Scandinavian modernist furniture designer Hans Wegner. The Danish cabinetmaker shared the Ming artisans’ interest in creating streamlined, functional furnishings, and his China chair, Round chair and Wishbone chair are inspired by Ming dynasty seating. Today, the Ming-style horseshoe chair is a graceful and sought-after type of seat, and contemporary Chinese designers such as Jerry Chen and Gan Erke are also drawing on this heritage for a new era of style.
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Item Ships From: Netherlands
Style: Ming
Pair of 2 Antique Japanese Ming Style Porcelain Ghendis Arita Kraak, Ca 1670
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice edo period, 1670-1680 examples. With a landscape scene. The rim beautifully painted. The base is blank.
Unmarked at base
Arita ware, also known as A...
Category
17th Century Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Top Quality Wanli Antique Ming Period Chinese Porcelain Kraak Plate Deers
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely potted and painted kraak plate of a desirable cobalt blue! Stunning piece with beautiful scene of deers in a landscape.
Absolute top Quality kraak ware
Condition
some...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chongzhen / Shunzhi Period Chinese Porcelain Blue & White TeaPot
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this fantastic and large pot from the Transitional period. At first hand we thought it was a teapot but possibly this was also used a a wine pot, not sure. The paint...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming 1620-1644 Chinese Porcelain Kosometsuke Waterfall Plate Kintsugi
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese blue and white porcelain Dish of beautiful shape and design. With a stunning waterfall scene.
Early 17th century, marked at base.
Condition
kintsugi restored spot at rima...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming 1600-1644 Chinese Porcelain Wanli / Tianqi Kraak Plate
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese blue and white porcelain Dish of beautiful shape and design. With a stunning objects scene.
Ca 1600.
Condition
small chip, some rimfritting and 1 line from rim. Size: 14.5...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming Period Xieyi Kosometsuke Landscape Chinese Porcelain Kaiseki Dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely potted and painted blue and white Kosometsuke Kaiseki dish plate of a desirable cobalt blue!
Stunning piece with design of a landscape in the style of the yuan painter ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Tianqi Kosometsuke Antique Chinese Porcelain 17c Ming Dynasty Ni Zan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this beautiful dish
Visible is a typically painted scene for this period. Mountain landscape with bamboo and clouds house in the right centre. The shape is very nice...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Octagonal Blue and White Dish Wanli Tianqi Chinese Porcelain Figural
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
OCTAGONAL BLUE-AND-WHITE DISH WANLI / TIANOI. C.1610-1625
The dish has a flat centre, a small cavetto and a broad eight-sided flange. The shallow unglazed footring has been trimmed w...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming/Transitional Chinese Porcelain Plate, European House, Rare Piece
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
I really found something intriguing. This plate decorated with what are often seen as European houses. Something seen on Transitional Kraak plates and bowls. I borrowed a few picture...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming Period Xieyi Yuan Poem Landscape Chinese Porcelain Kaiseki Dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely potted and painted blue and white Kosometsuke Kaiseki dish plate of a desirable cobalt blue! Stunning piece with design of a landscape in the style of the yuan painter ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Chinese blue and white porcelain Dish of beautiful shape and design. With a st
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese blue and white porcelain Dish of beautiful shape and design. With a stunning waterfall scene.
Early 17th century, marked at base.
Condition
kintsugi restored spot at rima...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese 16C Sancai Biscuit Green and Yellow Ghendi porcelain/earthenware
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This is a small Ming dynasty moulded sancai funerary covered box with ribbed sides. On top of the covered box, it has a moulded design of flowers. It has a low footrim with a mildly ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique 18th century Dutch Delft Earthenware Plate Delftware Based On Ch
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice Dutch Delft blue plates with nice decoration of the month of august
In 18th c chinese style
18th century.
Diameter: 23 cm.
Condition: Typical rimflaws
Condition
Good condition...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Hatcher Cargo Kraak Ghendi Porcelain, South China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nicely decorated kraak Ghendi with a geometrical decoration. The piece was part of the Hatcher Collection. Auctioned by Christies Amsterdam in 1984. It is...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Ming Transitional China Plate Zhangzhou Verte
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nicely decorated plate. Ming period. South Chinese Ming ZHangzhou Swatow. Scene of boat on a sea
22-10-19-1-1
Condition
Overall condition; Rimfritting, ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Late Ming or Transitional Plate Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Blue & White Ko-sometsuke plate with a landscape scene
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
Period: 17th century Ming (1368 - 1620)
Age: ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese 17c Kosometsuke Tianqi/Chongzhen Porcelain Boys in Lands
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate. Late Ming.
Condition:
2 line and rimfritting/mushikui. Size: 146 x 30mm
Period:
17th century transitional (1620-1661).
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming Period Arabesque Chinese Porcelain Dish Sacred Mushroom
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely potted and painted blue and white Kosometsuke plate of a desirable cobalt blue! Stunning piece with design of Turkish style Arabesque pattern and central a Lingzhi Fung...
Category
17th Century Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming Revival Immortal Qing or Republic Chinese Statue, 1900 Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
China, finely carved statue of an immortal, in the style of Ming period pieces. Ca 1900.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
Condition: Han...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Ming style pear shaped monochrome vase with elephants heads
Located in DELFT, NL
With moulded elephant-head handles, connected by a band of geometric shapes and applied overal with a creamy yellow glaze suffused with a fine crackle.
Condition: the rim polished a...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 1680-1700 Chinese Porcelain Plate Kangxi Blue White Chenghua Mark
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this fantastic Chinese Porcelain Plate
Kangxi period.
Fantastic decoration in blue and white and marked with Chenghua at the base.
Please enjoy
Condition
Some rimf...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese 16/17C Chinese Porcelain Ming Transitional Kraak Plate FROG
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
A very nicely decorated plate with a Frog on on a rock in a landscape scene. Wanli, Tianqi or Chongzhen Period 1590 – 1640
With a nice moulded double chrysanthemum ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming Period Fish and Shrimp Kosometsuke Chinese Porcelain Kaiseki Dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely potted and painted blue and white Kosometsuke Kaiseki dish plate of a desirable cobalt blue!
Stunning piece with design of fish shrimp and seaweed.
Condition
Some frit...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Hatcher Cargo Kraak Ghendi porcelain South China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nicely decorated kraak Ghendi with a geometrical decoration. The piece was part of the Hatcher Collection. Auctioned by Christies Amsterdam in 1984. It is in very good condition.
The Hatcher Junk...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Catalog Gerard Hawthorn Oriental Art Chinese Art Porcelain Bronze Statue, 17/18c
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Hawthorn oriental art catalogue. Great research catalog.
Additional information:
Material: Paper
Type: Statues
Region of Origin: China
Period: 17th century, 18th century
China Dynas...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique Chinese Porcelain 17th Century Late Ming Chinese Japanese Taste Plate
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate with a scene flowers. Very rare and very modern design. Domestic market or Japanese market from Jingdezhen. Late Ming Wanli or Tianqi. Top Quality
28...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Ming Period Antique Arabesque Chinese Porcelain Dish Sacred Mushroom
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely potted and painted blue and white Kosometsuke plate of a desirable cobalt blue! Stunning piece with design of Turkish style Arabesque pattern and central a Lingzhi Fung...
Category
17th Century Asian Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese 17C Porcelain Ming/Transitional Dish Green Glaze Carved
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate with beautiful Green Glaze and a carved underglaze scene of flowers. Possibly Dated to the late Ming or transitional period. But could also be around 17...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Cobalt Blue Serving Hot Water charger Chinese porcelain Arch of Noah
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Ready for dinner guys?
We would like to describe this piece as a hot water serving charger. We all know the hot water dishes but a piece of this size is quite unique, even though ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antiquer 17th C Dehua Blanc de Chine Whistles European figure and Cat Dutchman
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Shunzhi or Kangxi Blanc de Chine Porcelain European figure in sitting position. Its also a whistle.
Blanc de Chine Statues like these were made in the kilns of Dehua in Fujian pro...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming Period Chinese Porcelain Dish Kosometsuke Fisherman
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this nice Chinese porcelain dish from the early 17th century. Once again Jingdezhen made but for the Japanese market, Kosomets...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming Period Cizhou Statue of a Guanyin China Chinese Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Chinese statue representing Kwan Yin/ Guanyin seated in rajalilasana on a throne, holding a child on her knees, two servants on either side. Cizhou porcelain with cream and brown gla...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain 17th C Kosometsuke Umbrella Romantic Meeting Plate
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated kosometsuke plate with a rare scene suggesting an secret romantic meeting, a lady and umbrella-bearing gentleman closely together beneath a long overhanging p...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Period Chinese Porcelain Dish Charger Deer and Crane Antique Marked Ming, 16 C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Large and very nice Blue and White Charger/Dish from the Ming Period. Jiajing. Absolute cool item marked Ming
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain
Period: 17th century Qing (...
Category
17th Century Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese 17th Century Porcelain Ming/Transitional Plate Boys with Bird
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate.
A late Ming Ko-Sometsuke porcelain dish, Wanli or Tianqi period, 1600-1627.
This Kaiseki blue and white porcelain serving dish is decorated with two ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
30.4cm Kosometsuke Antique Chinese Porcelain Dish 17 C Ming Literatus Children
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Condition
1 restuck piece with a line and with some paint of the repainting remaining. Lower part of the restuck piece is with kintsugi. Some fritting. Size 303x36mm diameterxhigh
...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain 17th C Kosometsuke Literati City Kosometsuke
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
A very nicely decorated kosometsuke plate with a rare scene of a scholar and attendant reaching a city. The lower boats shows some fishermen in boats and waves. The border has fans and geometric designs. Underglaze blue enamels.
Keeping save Box included
Symbolism
A traveller in a...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Wanli / Tianqi Kosometsuke Plate 1600-1644 Porcelain Ming Monk
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely plate great scene of a monk
Marked at base.
Condition
1 line to rim and some rimfritting/mushikui. 2 firing flaws in base, 1 next to rim and 1 in circle. Size: 188 x 23...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese 17th Century Porcelain Ming Transitional China Plate Zhangzhou Verte
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate. Ming period. South Chinese Ming Zhangzhou Swatow. Three friends of winter with birds
21-10-19-1-8
Three friends of winter with birds
...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Kosometsuke Ladies in Meeting Plate Marked, 17th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated kosometsuke plate with an unusual scene of 4 Ladies in a garden, seems like they have a meeting. A pot with a plant in the middle lower part of the scene and ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Late Ming or Transitional Plate Fisherman Turtle
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Blue & White Ko-sometsuke plate with a Fisherman trying to catch a turtle. very unusual Ko-Sometsuke plate! Catching a Turttle which was well known to live for a very long time, ha...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th century Dutch Delft Earthenware Plate Delftware Porceleine Klauw
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
Nice Dutch Delft blue plate with nice decoration Porceleyne Claeuw Delft - 1658=1840
In 19th with Willem III as a child
18th century.
Diameter: 232 cm.
Condition: Good
...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Figural Dish Late Ming Tianqi or CHongzhen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate with a scene figures in a landscape
10-8-19-1-6
Condition
/ Overall Condition. Rimfritting, only. 206mm
Period
17th century Ming (1368 - 1620)
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period 19 / 20C Japanese Porcelain Swan/Geese Charger Arita
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Haring with you this very nice piece with what seems to be 2 flying swans. They could also be Geese.
Unmarked at base.
Condition
Perfect, just some frits to base rim. Size: 37...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese 17th Century Kosometsuke Tianqi/Chongzhen Dish Porcelain Playing
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate. Late Ming. Boys playing
For similar examples of this listing see:
S. Marchant & Son (2008). Ming Porcelain for the Japanese Market: ko-sometsuke ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Enamel Bronze Mask Censer in the Shape of a Bell Bird, Japan, Edo or Meiji
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A tripod polychrome cloisonné incense burner, decorated with characters and masks. Unmarked, Japan, 19th century. Provenance: collection Nieuwenhove.
Condition
Overall ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Taste Kosometsuke Tianqi/Chongzhen Dish Porcelain Go players
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate. Late Ming. Go players in a mountain landscape under a palm tree and next to a pavillion. Dish on high foot.
For similar examples of this listing see...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming Period Chinese Porcelain River Landscape Dish Kosometsuke Market
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing new arrival. An amazing Blue and white porcelain dish, Kosometsuke for the Japanese Market. Very interesting.
China, Ming dynasty.
Decorated in the centre with a river lan...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Serving Dish Ming Dynasty, 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Beautiful serving dish in blue and white with central a reverse decorated floral lotus scene, the walls with branches and the border with geometric design.
The base has a six charact...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Ming furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
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