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What makes Chinese porcelain valuable?

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What makes Chinese porcelain valuable?

For thousands of years, China’s court-sponsored porcelain industry has been at the forefront of technical innovation and aesthetic refinement. Exquisite finishes and precision of form gave China an international reputation for fine ceramic wares. Age, shape, glaze, motif, and reign mark are all factors contributing to the value of a ceramic piece, indicative of the maker and the dynastic reign under which the object was created.

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PAGODA REDOctober 21, 2020
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17th Century Chinese Porcelain Ho Ho Boy Figure in Wucai/Famille Vert Glaze
Located in Southampton, NY
17th Century Chinese Porcelain Ho Ho Boy Figure in Wucai/Famille Vert Glaze. Good overall condition
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Antique 17th Century Chinese Porcelain Figural Landscape Bowl Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
! Incredible painting and potting and a striking blue color. Period: 17th Century Size: 15.5x7.8CM
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

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Porcelain

Unusual 17th Century Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Plate with Fenghuang
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
17th century, more than probably Swatow ware. Origin: China⁠ ⁠Age; early 17th century⁠ Size; 17x3.3CM
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

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Porcelain

Unusual 17th Century Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Incense Container Tianqi
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
. Origin: China⁠ ⁠Age; early 17th century⁠ Size; 4.8x3.5x3.7CM⁠ ⁠ Condition fritting and lid has been
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

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Porcelain

Pair of 17th century porcelain boxes from the Hatcher Cargo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 17th century Chinese porcelain blue and white boxes painted with flowering branches of
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Antique 1640s Chinese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Rare Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Kosometsuke Incense Burner, ca 1600
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
⁠It's 17th century chinese porcelain, Ming period, made for the Japanese market. This unusual
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Jars

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Porcelain

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Japanese Suiting Patchwork Pillow
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-crafted throw pillow was designed by a local Chicago artist and textile historian who lovingly repurposes the vintage fabrics, garments and embroidery fragments she collect...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pillows and Throws

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Wool, Cotton, Linen, Silk, Down

Fugui Meditation Stone Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A well-chosen stone is a focal point of both a traditional Chinese garden and a scholar's studio - evoking the complexities of nature and inspiring creative thought. This meditation ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Natural Specimens

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Stone

Pair of Chinese Splayed Leg Courtyard Stools, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These provincial Chinese stools date to the turn of the century and would have been used throughout a courtyard home as versatile everyday seating. Crafted of elm using mortise-and-t...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

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Elm

Chinese Pale Crackle Glaze Plate, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Humble yet refined, this Chinese porcelain plate from the early 19th century is cloaked in a pale crème glaze and decorated only by an allover crackle. The network of fine lines is b...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

Shanghai Art Deco Side Table with Marble Top, c. 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
When the Art Deco movement reached major Chinese cities like Tianjin and Shanghai, the design aesthetic that emerged was the perfect intersection of European modernism and Ming-dynas...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco End Tables

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Marble

Shanghai Art Deco Coffee Table with Marble Top, c. 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
When the Art Deco movement reached major Chinese cities like Tianjin and Shanghai, the design aesthetic that emerged was the perfect intersection of European modernism and Ming-dynas...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Petite Chinese Burl Top Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With rustic texture and simplicity of form, this petite 19th-century stool is a timeless example of casual seating in rural China. Crafted of northern elm (yumu) with mortise-and-ten...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

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Elm

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