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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
17th Century (or older) Turkish Terracotta Olive Jar w/Ribbed Texture, 5 ft Tall
Located in Atlanta, GA
This large-sized Turkish olive jar dates back to at least the 17th century, though it is quite likely older. This antique Turkish terracotta vessel, ...
Category
Turkish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Terracotta
Set of 4 antique hallmarked pewter measuring jugs Italy late 18th Ct Bergamo
Located in Landshut, BY
Set of 4 antique pewter measuring jugs
Manufactured in Northern Italy from North of Bergamo up to the Valtellina Region
Production Period aro...
Category
Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pewter
$835 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Set of Two Antique Rustic Spanish Copper Cooking Pots or Cauldrons
Located in Madrid, ES
Copper containers of varying shapes and sizes have been used in Spanish homes and kitchens for many centuries. Copper and its alloys were particularly popular metals for storing and ...
Category
Spanish Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Early Anatolian terracotta storage jar, likely 18th century
Located in Charlottesville, VA
An early Anatolian terracotta storage jar, likely 18th century or earlier, with a tapered base, wavy applied collar, and richly weathered surface. Mineral accretions suggest prolonge...
Category
Unknown Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Iron
Chinese Porcelain Storage Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
This exquisite 18th-century Chinese porcelain storage jar is beautifully crafted and comes complete with a wooden cap and stand. Perfect for storing a variety of items, it's an elega...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Hand-Painted Ceramic Jug with Lead Lid, Dated From 1762,
Located in Marbella, ES
Hand-Painted ceramic jug with lead lid, dated from 1762, initials G. and R. and signed at the bottom, with scenes of windmills and a house.
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Lead
Chinese Porcelain Storage Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
This exquisite 18th-century Chinese porcelain storage jar is beautifully crafted and comes complete with a wooden cap and stand. Perfect for storing a variety of items, it's an elega...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century French Milk Glass Goblet
By Bernard Perrot
Located in Basildon, GB
An 18th Century French Milk Glass, attributed to Bernard Perrot's Orleans workshop. Hand decorated opaline glass with red, blue and green flowers and leaves. With a French motto tran...
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Milk Glass
$957 Sale Price
30% Off
17th Century Italian Tuscan Wabi Sabi Earthenware Jar
Located in London, GB
A heavyweight earthenware oil or wine jar from Tuscany, beautifully patinated with characterful, age commensurate losses. Italian, 17th century - or earlier.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Earthenware
18th Century Apothecary Sign
Located in Napa, CA
18th Century Apothecary sign was created with wrought iron, fer forge. Beautiful details of the medical symbol of a winged staff with two snakes intertwined.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Wrought Iron
A Chinese Brown Glazed Martaban Storage Jar, Ming Dynasty, 17th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Chinese Brown Glazed Martaban Storage Jar, Ming Dynasty, 17th Century
Description:
Impressed Circular Pattern, covered overall in a brown glaze.
Martaban jars are named after the...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Stoneware
C1780 Pair of 18th Century French Louis XVI Covered Jars with Dore Bronze Mounts
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
C1780 Pair of 18th Century French Louis XVI Covered Jars with Dore Bronze Mounts. Beautiful pair purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with que...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Bronze
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese ceramic ginger jar, c. 1700
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Porcelain ginger jar decorated in cobalt underglaze blue with a stylized Phoenix framed in scolloped cobalt borders, base, and collar decoration. Mounted with a turned hardwood base ...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Chinese Blue
White
Prunus
Birds
Jar/Vase
Cover Earlier Qing Dynasty
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Blue & White 'Prunus' Jar/Vase & Cover
Early Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)
This impressive Chinese Blue & White 'Prunus' Jar/Vase and Cover, dating to the Early Qing Dynasty, is...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar, Machang Period # 2
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar from the Majiayao Culture, specificaly the Machang phase, in northwest China, and dating back roughly 4000 year...
Category
Chinese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pottery
A Chinese Cizhou Stonweare Jar, Ming Dynasty, 17th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Chinese Cizhou Stonweare Jar, Ming Dynasty, 17th Century
Description:
Produced in Northern China, Cizhou ware was especially popular from the Song to Yuan dynasties (11th–14th cen...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Stoneware
Antique brewery beer jug "pear jug" Bavaria/Austria mid 18th century pewter lid
Located in Landshut, BY
traditional antique beer jug "Birnenkrug" translated: pear jug
Bavaria or Austria middle of 18th century with a pewter lid
Ø mouth: 7cm ~ Ø max 14cm ~ weight: 1149grs
Category
German Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pewter
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Korean antique candy-glazed jar / Joseon Dynasty / 18th to 19th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Joseon vases and pots are best known for their gorgeous white porcelain and white blue-and-white designs. These ceramics, produced for royalty and aristocracy, captivated many with t...
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South Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Yuan Green Glazed Offering Jar, c. 1350
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful in its imperfection, this green glazed lidded jar from Yunnan province is an offering vessel, or spirit jar, originally filled with ritual offerings such as coins, shells, ...
Category
Chinese Minimalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Terracotta
An 18th century Anatolian terracotta storage jar
Located in Charlottesville, VA
An 18th century Anatolian terracotta storage jar with applied wavy banding and remnants of old whitewash, suggesting long use and age. Originally for olive oil or grain, now a sculpt...
Category
Unknown Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Iron
Pair of Late 18th Century Green Tobacco Jars
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A small pair of tobacco jars. Great color and decoration.
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pottery
$1,200 / set
Chinese Yuan Green Glazed Lotus Jar, c. 1350
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful in its imperfection, this lidded jar from Yunnan province is an offering vessel, or spirit jar, originally filled with ritual offerings such as coins, shells, flowers and g...
Category
Chinese Minimalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 18th Century Drug Jars
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A collectors dream. A pair of 18thc Italian drug jars.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Yuan Drip Glazed Offering Jar, c. 1350
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful in its imperfection, this lidded jar from Yunnan province is an offering vessel, or spirit jar, originally filled with ritual offerings such as coins, shells, flowers and g...
Category
Chinese Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Terracotta
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamps, Set of Four
Located in Bradenton, FL
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamps, Set of Four, used as an alternative to candles, dating between 1st and 2nd century A.D, one lamp probably later and 3r...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Terracotta
$1,950 / set
Japanese Shigaraki Grain Storage Jar
Located in Hudson, NY
Shigaraki is one of the six ancient kilns of Japan. Early 17th century full formed vessel with refined neck and green glaze on front shoulder. Very similar to two pieces in "Shigerak...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pottery
Late 18th Century Khmer Brown Glazed Terracotta Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
This Khmer brown glazed terracotta vase is a very stunning piece with its organic shape and all the signs of the time.
The enameled surface well shows its period and for this reasons...
Category
Cambodian Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Terracotta
$6,645 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century Italian Maiolica Blue and White Alborello Pharmacy Jar #2
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Italian Majolica Albarello Pharmacy Jar. Jar is in a cylindrical shape with flared rim and foot. Jar features blue and white pattern with the word "Charitas" in an oval ...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Maiolica
Petite Ming Shipwreck Medicine Jar, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The eroded surface of this petite, Ming-dynasty medicine jar tells a story of trade, tradition and lost treasure. A porous, matte surface texture suggests the jar spent many years su...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Earthenware
An Antique German Engraved Pewter Jar, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
An Antique German Engraved Pewter Jar, 18th Century
Description:
The jug features a lidded design, and the lid is adorned with a figural element of a lamb, adding to its decorative ...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pewter
Chinese Neolithic Painted Ovoid Pottery Jar, Machang Period #10
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Neolithic Ovoid Pottery Jar from the Majiayao Culture, specifically the Machang phase, in northwest China, and dating back roughly 4000 years. Jar is made from earthenware an...
Category
Chinese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Yuan Green Glazed Lotus Jar, c. 1350
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful in its imperfection, this green glazed lidded jar from Yunnan province is an offering vessel, or spirit jar, originally filled with ritual offerings such as coins, shells, ...
Category
Chinese Minimalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Terracotta
Petite Ming Shipwreck Medicine Jar, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The eroded surface of this petite, Ming-dynasty medicine jar tells a story of trade, tradition and lost treasure. A matte texture and traces of marine life suggest the jar spent many...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Painted Ovoid Pottery Jar, Machang Period #6
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Neolithic Ovoid Pottery Jar from the Majiayao Culture, specifically the Machang phase, in northwest China, and dating back roughly 4000 years. Ja...
Category
Chinese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Chinese Ginger Jars
Located in Esbeek, NL
Beautiful set of Chinese ginger jars
18th century or earlier.
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Porcelain
$7,120 / set
Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar, Machang Period #9
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar from the Majiayao Culture, specifically the Machang phase, in northwest China, and dating back roughly 4000 years. Jar is made from earthenware and pain...
Category
Chinese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pottery
Roman Clay Pot Pitcher or Jar Fragment
Located in Miami, FL
Roman clay pot fragment.
Charming artifact, a very good example of Roman pottery.
This fragment was found in one of France's oldest ports, Fos-sur-Mer, ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Clay
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Yuan Green Glazed Lotus Jar, c. 1350
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful in its imperfection, this green glazed lidded jar from Yunnan province is an offering vessel, or spirit jar, originally filled with ritual offerings such as coins, shells, ...
Category
Chinese Minimalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar, Machang Period #4
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar from the Majiayao Culture, specifically the Machang phase, in northwest China, and dating back roughly 4000 yea...
Category
Chinese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar, Machang Period #3
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar from the Majiayao Culture, specifically the Machang phase, in northwest China, and dating back roughly 4000 yea...
Category
Chinese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Export Porcelain Group of Batavia-ware Urns
Covers
Located in Downingtown, PA
Collection of Five Chinese Export 'Batavia-ware' and Famille Rose Jars and Covers
Qianlong Period, China, Circa 1750s
This handsome collection of five graduated covered jars is a magnificent and rare example of mid-18th-century Chinese Export porcelain, illustrating the highly successful fusion of Chinese ceramic technology and European market demand during the height of the global trade era.
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Description and Aesthetic
Medium: Porcelain with underglaze brown glaze and overglaze Famille Rose enamels.
Period: Qianlong (1736–1795).
Origin: Jingdezhen kilns, China, made for the European export market.
The collection comprises two large, two medium, and one small jar, intended to be displayed together as a garniture—a decorative set prized for mantelpieces and cabinets in opulent European interiors.
• The 'Batavia' Ground: Each piece is characterized by a luxurious, deep chocolate-brown glaze covering the exterior, a distinctive aesthetic known historically as "Batavia-ware" or descriptively as café au lait. This rich, monochrome ground was achieved by bathing the porcelain in an iron-rich slip before glazing and firing.
• The Famille Rose Reserves: The dark ground provides a dramatic backdrop for finely painted, leaf-shaped reserves (panels). These panels are adorned with exquisite floral sprays executed in the vibrant Famille Rose palette (meaning "pink family"), which was introduced to China from Europe in the early 18th century. The opaque enamels—dominated by the rose-pink created from colloidal gold—allow for subtle shading and realism, brilliantly depicting the peony (mudan), the Chinese flower of wealth, nobility, and honor.
• The Covers: The domed covers maintain this contrast, with a high, lustrous brown glaze broken by Famille Rose floral sprays that echo the motifs on the body.
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Historical Context: Global Trade and Naming
The name "Batavia-ware" is a crucial historical reference, even though the porcelain was manufactured in the kilns of Jingdezhen.
1. The Dutch East India Company (VOC): Batavia (modern-day Jakarta, Indonesia) served as the fortified administrative and trading headquarters of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Asia.
2. The Trade Route: Porcelain destined for the European market was collected from various Chinese ports and then centrally transshipped through Batavia. This particular style became famously associated with that major transit port among Western collectors, hence the name, which links the sophisticated manufacturing of China to the powerful trade infrastructure of the Dutch.
3. 18th-Century Opulence: Garnitures like this were highly desirable statements of wealth and worldliness in 18th-century Europe. Their acquisition signified participation in the exotic, global market and a cosmopolitan taste capable of appreciating the high technical and artistic quality of Chinese porcelain.
The successful combination of the deep, rich brown glaze—which evokes a feeling of luxurious Eastern lacquer or polished wood—with the delicate, luminous European-inspired Famille Rose palette represents a brilliant convergence of East-West artistic demands at the height of the Qianlong Emperor’s reign.
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Dimensions
Largest Jar: 7 1/2 inches high x 7 1/2 inches diameter; Second Jar: 7 1/4 inches high x 6 1/2 inches diameter; Third Jar: 5 1/2 inches high x 5 inches diameter; Pair of Smaller Jars...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Small Antique Japanese Arita Blue and White Jar Edo Period, circa 1670-1690
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Edo period, underglaze blue.
Sharing with you this unsual type of Jar with lid. With a beautifully painted Phoenix scene.
The porcelain is a bit more bright than we usually see on t...
Category
Asian Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Porcelain
$1,126 Sale Price
45% Off
Pair of Rustic Spanish Arab Style Copper Water / Milk Jugs with Domed Lids
Located in Madrid, ES
Copper containers of varying shapes and sizes have been used in Spanish homes and kitchens for many centuries. Copper and its alloys were particularly popular metals for storing and ...
Category
Spanish Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Antique Meissen Covered Pot or Jar with Flower Handle
Hand-Painted Fruits
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique covered jar or pot was made by the well known Meissen factory of Germany in approximately 1750 in the period Louis XV style. This lidd...
Category
German Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Yuan Green Glazed Zodiac Jar, c. 1350
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful in its imperfection, this lidded jar from Yunnan province is an offering vessel, or spirit jar, originally filled with ritual offerings such as coins, shells, flowers and g...
Category
Chinese Minimalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Terracotta
Set of Three Antique Rustic Spanish Hammered Copper Containers, Pitchers
Located in Madrid, ES
These three antique copper containers were hand made in Spain for common household purposes, but with their sculptural forms, rich colors and...
Category
Spanish Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Pair of Antique French Copper Bath Warmers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare pair of 18th Century French bath warmers handcrafted with copper and iron in utilitarian yet sculptural form, still functional and miraculously retaining the original lids.
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Copper, Iron
$3,900 / set
Chinese Ming Cobalt Brushed Jar, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) storage jar is attributed to the kilns of Yunnan province, loosely decorated with cobalt underglaze in a manner typical of the region. Dated to the 15th...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Earthenware
A Rare Papier Mache Jug, UK, Possibly 1700s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
A rare papier-mâché jug, skillfully crafted to model a 15th-century stoneware jug. Wear consistent with age.
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Paper
Large Japanese Antique Shigaraki Tsubo Jar
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Japanese stoneware storage jar, known as tsubo from Shigaraki kiln, circa 17th-18th century (early Edo possibly Momoyama period)....
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Painted Pottery Jar, Majiayao Culture, Machang Period #1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar from the Majiayao Culture, specificaly the Machang phase, in northwest China, and dating back roughly 4000 year...
Category
Chinese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Pottery
Roman Clay Jar Handle Fragment
Located in Miami, FL
Roman clay fragment, this is the remains of the jar handle.
This fragment was found in one of France's oldest ports, Fos-sur-Mer, not far from Arles whe...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Clay
A Massive Early 18th Century Bronze Mortar
Pestle, Netherlands Circa 1700
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The robust
heavily cast bronze mortar with a flattened circular base, rising to a cylindrical body with ovolo
cavetto turned moldings and a broad flaring rim. Exhibiting ...
Category
Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Abruzzo Maiolica Albarelli, 17th Century
Located in London, GB
17th Century pair of Abruzzo Maiolica Albarelli
Waisted cylindrical form decorated with classical figures. White tin glaze with blue decoration.
Dimensions: 29 x 12 cm.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Maiolica
$4,922 / set
18th Century Monumental Spanish Olive Oil Jar
Located in Round Top, TX
An outstanding monumental Spanish olive oil jar in beautiful terracotta. A terrific accent piece for any interior or exterior.
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century French Glazed Porcelain Apothecary/Pharmacy Jar -
EXT: ALOËS S:
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 18th Century french glazed porcelain apothecary/pharmacy jar with lid - 'EXT: ALOËS S:'
By: Charles-Antoine Acloque
Material: ceramic, porcelain, paint, enamel
Technique: molde...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Enamel
Petite Ming Shipwreck Medicine Jar, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The eroded surface of this petite, Ming-dynasty medicine jar tells a story of trade, tradition and lost treasure. A matte texture and traces of marine life suggest the jar spent many...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Earthenware
Petite Ming Shipwreck Medicine Jar, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The eroded surface of this petite, Ming-dynasty medicine jar tells a story of trade, tradition and lost treasure. A matte texture and traces of marine life suggest the jar spent many...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Earthenware
Grey Marble Mortar High Period circa 16th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Antique large marble mortar of the high period. Dating from the late Middle Ages, early Renaissance. This mortar is made of grey marble.
The morta...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Marble
$1,139 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Petite Chinese Sancai Spice Jars
Located in Chicago, IL
With sancai glaze and a richly-aged patina, these petite ceramic spice jars are likely originated as a form of míngqì sculpture, a centuries-old tradition of burial figurines or "spi...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jars
Materials
Earthenware
$1,280 / set