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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Japanese Antique Pottery Jar 17th-18th Century/ Wabi-Sabi /Tokoname
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Tokoname is a region in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, renowned as one of the country's oldest pottery centers, with a history dating back to the 12th century. This jar, despite cracking ...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Cappelletti Rapino di Chieti Abruzzi
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Eighteenth century Italian Lidded vase, from the Castelli Maiolica school, marked 'Cappelletti Rapino di Chieti Abruzzi' to the underside of the lid and near the base of the pot, the...
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Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Italian Majolica Pharmacy Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 18th century Italian Majolica Polychrome Pharmacy Jar or Albarello, dated 1777. These jars were use in apothecaries to hold medicinal herbs, powders...
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Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Majolica

Canopus Jar "Asmet", 1069 - 664 B.C, Egypt
Located in Girona, Spain
Canopus Jar "Asmet", With certificate of authenticity. 1069 - 664 B.C, Egypt. Good condition. Egyptian culture are "Canopus jars". These were vessels ...
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Egyptian Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Alabaster

French Terra Cotta Head Urns
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of French (18th Century) terra cotta urns with heads covered by a drape and an upper wreath border with two handles on top section (PRICED AS PAIR)
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French Biedermeier Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

18th Century French Hand Painted Blue and White Faience Bidet Jardiniere
Located in Dallas, TX
Use this colorful antique bidet as a jardiniere or planter! Crafted in France circa 1780, and double-oval or figure-eight form shape, the planter is deco...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

18th Century Tortoiseshell and Silver-Mounted Perfume Etui with Glass Bottle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century Tortoiseshell and Silver-Mounted Perfume Etui with Glass Bottle England or France, circa 1775–1790 Dimensions: 2.5" H × 1.25" W × 0.5" D A fine late 18th-century torto...
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European Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Silver

Blackware Vessel In The Pre-Columbian Style
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pre-Columbian Blackware Vessel from the Chimu/Inca Culture with looped handle and narrow bottleneck. Peru circa 1100 to 1532. The vessel has a spherical body, a flat base, conical sp...
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Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Late 17th century, Dutch Delft, Transitional Style Bottle Vase With Playing Boys
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
An early Dutch Delftware bottle vase in Transitional style. Origin: Delft, The Netherlands Date: Late 17th century Workshop: Unknown. A genuine blue and white bottle vase made as a...
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Dutch Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic, Delft, Faience

Japanese Antique Pottery Jar 15th-16th Century/ Wabi-Sabi Jar/Tokoname Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a very old jar in Japan. This is a pottery called Tokoname ware. Tokoname is a kiln located in Aichi prefecture, Japan. It is said to have originated around the 12th century. A...
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Japanese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

18th Century Italian Blue White Faience Albarelli Apothecary Jar Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A remarkable pair of two antique European tin-glazed earthenware apothecary jars. circa 1770 Originally used as medicinal pottery jars that held ointments and dry drugs at apothecar...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware, Faience, Majolica, Pottery

Early Wedgwood Dipped Pearlware Bough Pot
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A dark brown-glazed pearlware bough pot with pierced cover and applied decoration, made by Wedgwood circa 1785. The development of a whiteware body had been a goal of ceramicists ac...
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British Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware, Pearlware

18th Century Terracotta Vessel, Vase, Planter with Four Handles
Located in Miami, FL
Old tinaja of Calanda (Teruel), Spain. Made of red clay with handcrafted circular figures and four handles. A "tinaja" is an oval terracotta jar with a narrow mouth and foot, usu...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

A Chinese Cizhou Stonweare Vessel, Ming Dynasty, 17th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Chinese Cizhou Stonweare Vessel, Ming Dynasty, 17th Century Description: Produced in Northern China, Cizhou ware was especially popular from the Song to Yuan dynasties (11th–14th ...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

Ancient Greek Red-Figured Owl Skyphos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A spirited example of the popular Athenian export, the owl skyphos. This small cup depicts an owl on either side facing right, its head turned frontally, between two sprigs of laurel...
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Greek Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Japanese antique pottery [Tamba] jar / Edo period / 1600s / Beautiful glazed
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a Tamba ware jar produced in Japan during the early Edo period (circa 17th century). Tamba ware, along with Seto, Tokoname, Echizen, Shigaraki, and Bizen, is known as one of ...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

18th Century Absinthe Wet Drug Apothecary Jar
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
18th Century Absinthe infusion Albarello or Wet Drug Jar, Interesting Rare Jar. Historical Repairs. Circa 1760.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Faience

Lino Sabattini Silverware "Cardinale" Vase for Christofle, France, 1956
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
A France Mid-Century Modern design vase model “Cardinale” in silvered metal designed by Italian artist Lino Sabattini for Christofle France in 1956,...
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French Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Silver Plate, Metal

Antique Japanese Porcelain 19th c Meiji Arita Polychrome bowl SHIP
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this unusual and magnificent bowl from the Meiji period (19th century). It has a very interesting and lovely blue, red and gold scene Unmarked at the base. Conditi...
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Japanese Meiji Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Small Korean Celadon Ceramic Vase with Slip Inlay Goryeo Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Korean ceramic celadon bottle vase with inlay design from Goryeo Dynasty (918 to 1392AD) circa 12th century. The vase has a classic baluster form with a slightly flared mouth...
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Korean Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Blue and White Delft Vase Hand Painted Chinoiserie Early 18th Century
Located in Katonah, NY
This exquisite blue and white Dutch Delft vase was crafted in the early 18th century, circa 1720. Its excellent chinoiserie decoration epitomizes 17th and 18th century Europe's fasci...
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Dutch Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft

Pre-Columbian Earthenware Incensario, El Chanal, Colima, Western Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pre-Columbian Earthenware Incensario, El Chanal, Colima, Western Mexico A large incense burner/brazier depicting the rain god Tlaloc from the El Chanal area in Colima. This would be...
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Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Chinese 16/17C Ming Porcelain Dish Zhangzhou Swatow Fenghuang China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated large dish from around 1580-1630. Heavy and larger sized piece with beautiful decoration in red and green Similar piece in the literature, see pictures. Cond...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

13th Century Chinese Song Dynasty Shipwreck Vessel, China
Located in New York, NY
13th century China Song Dynasty small four handled shipwreck vessel. Beautiful and natural patina from being submerged under water. Part of a very large collection of shipwrecked pot...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Antique Pottery Jar/1500s/"Shigaraki Ware"/Wabisabi Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a Japanese pottery called "Shigaraki ware". Shigaraki is a historical kiln located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. (Shigaraki Kiln is marked with a ...
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Japanese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Ancient Greek 350BC South Italy Campanian Black Terracotta Handled Kylix Vase
Located in Miami, FL
A Ancient Greek Kylix vase. Campanian ancient Greek red terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup) with two handles. from the Magna Grecia period. Made between the 350-300 BC in the G...
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Italian Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware, Terracotta

18th Century French Palais Royal Perfume Bottle
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING Perfume/Scent Bottle from the 18th Century, namely an 18C French Palais Royal Perfume Bottle. . Either French o...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Tourmaline, Gold

Ancient Classical Style Antique Iridescent Glass Bottle
Located in New York, NY
Antique classical style glass bottle on lucite stand Lucite base holder Measures. 3.4" x 4.2" x 1.8"L.
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Unknown Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Blown Glass

16th Century Fossil Embedded Shipwreck Vase, Sawankhalok, Thailand
Located in New York, NY
16th century Thailand Sawankhalok ceramic vase from the old city of Sawankhalok known for its pottery. Beautiful and abundant fossil growth from being submerged under water. Natural ...
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Thai Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Delftware Group of Five Antique Dutch Urns and Vases
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable group of five Dutch 18th century Delftware pieces, three lidded urns, and two vases crafted in terra cotta and polychrome d...
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Dutch George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Ceremonial Urns, Song Dynasty, 12th-13th Century
Located in New York, NY
Two tall ceremonial urns dating from the 12th-13th century, Southern Song dynasty. Glazed terracotta. They depict 12 traditional ritual attendant...
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Chinese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware

Ancient Apulian Red-Figured Askos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This beautifully proportioned South Italian ceramic production is an askos, or pouring vessel.  It prominently features a seated naked winged Eros wearing anklets, bracelets, a body ...
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Italian Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Large Chinese Archaistic Black Patina Bronze Altar Vase
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Chinese bronze vase with decoration in the Archaistic style and dragon mythical beast loop handles.
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Chinese Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

Antique Medieval Tuscan Mortar in Nembro Marble, Italy
Located in Roma, IT
Incredilbe apothecary Mortar in Nembro Marble, made from a single block of marble and dated back to the early 600 from Tuscany. It was used in the in apothecaries to grind herbs and spices into powder for food or medicine. Very unique and rare piece in great conditions considering the the period to which it dates. This highly sculptural and unique piece would be suitable today as a magnificent decoration on a table or mantle, or to grace the counter of an open kitchen...
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Italian Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Marble

Japanese antique pottery, rare Shigaraki ware vase/ Withered grayish white vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a Shigaraki ware ceramic piece, crafted in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Shigaraki ware originates from the Shigaraki region and dates back as far as the 8th century. It is one of...
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Japanese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Large Rare Blue and White Baluster Vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi, Circa 1690
Located in seoul, KR
Large rare vase painted with petal-shaped panels of 'Landscapes and Flowers' pattern. Period : Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period Production Date : 1690-1699 Made in : Jingdezhen Destination : Netherland Found/Acquired : Southeast Asia , South China Sea, Vung Tau ship Size : 51cm (Height), 20cm(Diameter), 12cm(Mouth Diameter) Condition : Excellent Reference : Double checked with reference to the original catalogues 1) Christies Paris 30 NOV – 14 DEC 2023 - Art of Asia - Lot 618 2) Christies Amsterdam 1992 - Vung Tau Cargo / Christies 3) Qing Dynasty Export Blue and White(淸代外销靑花瓷) - Vung Tau Cargo Catalogue / Guangxi Fine Art Publishing House 4) Asian Ceramic Found along Maritime Silk Route / National Maritime Museum of Korea * Vung Tau Cargo Porcelain...
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East Asian Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

16th Century Animist Shipwreck Ceramic Vase, Vietnam
Located in New York, NY
16th century Vietnamese Animist ceramic vase. Beautiful and abundant fossil growth from being submerged under water. Natural original patina. Part of a very large collection of shipw...
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Vietnamese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Two, 18th Century, Dutch Delft Baluster Vases with Decor of Cupids
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
18th Century Dutch Delft Baluster Vases with Decor of Cupids and Foliage Origin: Delft Date: 1700 - 17290 Two Dutch Delft so-called knobbelvazen, knob vases (baluster vases) with...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

18th Century French Biot Terracotta Olive Jar with Glazed Rim and Patina
Located in Dallas, TX
This large antique olive oil jar was crafted in Biot, Provence, circa 1780. Made from blond clay and shaped in the traditional rounded form char...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware, Terracotta

Very rare Kosometsuke Antique Chinese 17c Ming Dynasty Plate China Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Beautiful dish in blue and white, with added copper red. This is a Jingdezhen made dish made for the Japanese market. Kosometsuke. With a floral and bird decoration. Base with a che...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Ancient Greek Black Glaze Mug
Located in London, GB
This strikingly modern ancient Greek mug is a sleek and elegant example of Attic black-glaze pottery at its height. Developing in Athens in the 8th cent...
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Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Antique Blue and White Style Dutch Delftware Earthenware Charger, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice Dutch Delft blue plate with nice decoration of the month of august In 18th c chinese style 18th century. Diameter: 25.2 cm. Condition: Typical rimflaws A beautiful, antique Delft plate...
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Dutch Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century Ceramic " Shipwreck " Vase with Barnacles
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
18th Century Ceramic " Shipwreck " Vase with Barnacles.
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Unknown Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

18th Century Ceramic " Shipwreck " Vase with Barnacles
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
18th Century Ceramic " Shipwreck " Vase with Barnacles.
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Unknown Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Ca. 17th Century Wood, Mineral Pigment and Iron Metalwork Trunk, Tibet
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Trunk Tibet ...
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Tibetan Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Iron

Early 18th Century Blue and White Dutch Delft Clobbered Vase
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A blue and white Dutch delft vase made circa 1700, with clobbered-style polychrome enamels added in the mid-18th century. This brightly colored blue and white Dutch delft vase is a ...
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Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Delft, Pottery

Pre-Columbian Inca Kero Vessel
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Large wooden Pre-Columbian Inca Kero cup. From Central Peru, circa 1300 to 1500 AD. A hollowed wooden vessel, of conical form, decorated with carved incis...
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Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Wood

Chinese Ochre Brown Glazed Martaban Jar, Ming Dynasty, 15th-16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and large Chinese brown ochre glazed stoneware storage jar, commonly known as a Martaban or Martavan jar, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century. The elegant ovoid jar with a slen...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

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...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century English Treen Yew Wood Lidded Jar
Located in Stamford, CT
Lovely 18th century Georgian lidded jar or condiment pot hand carved and turned from a beautiful piece of yew wood. Rich and warm patina from age and use...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Yew

Ancient Greek Geometric Pottery Amphora and Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amphora is a well formed example of the Geometric period, decorated in dark brown slip with horizontal bands. The bands include short vertical lines, a blind lozenge chain, hatc...
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Greek Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Korean Ceramic Moon Jar with Dragon Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a large Korean ceramic storage jar (hangari) with white glaze and iron red underglaze dragon design. The globular shaped jar derived its form from the Moon Jar of the ear...
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Korean Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Blue and White Delft Handled Chinoiserie Vase
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white Delft handled chinoiserie vase. Antique Dutch porcelain vase with rich blue flowers and chinoiserie fencing in a lustrous glaze; with scro...
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Dutch Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Early 18th Century Coconut and Silver Cup
Located in Brescia, IT
Cups in coconut such as this are especially uncommon and rarely appear on the world's art market. This is a very interesting piece for its fine and rich craftmenships metal silver de...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Silver

American Copper, Brass, and Wrought Iron Plantation Cauldron on Stand, C 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
American copper and wrought iron plantation cauldron with brass ring mounts, original wrought iron folding handle, and supported by the original circular fitted three leg Stand...
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American American Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass, Copper, Wrought Iron

Pair of Antique Wedgwood Bentley Black Basalt Jars England, Circa 1775
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of Wedgwood & Bentley black basalt urns was crafted at the renowned Etruria factory around 1775. They show the refined simplicity of Wedgwood's 18th-century neoclassical de...
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English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

A very old small pottery jar from China / 13th to 17th century / Excavated vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a fired jar made in southern China or northern Laos or the surrounding area in the 15th to 17th century. Its unique shape has long been loved in Japan as a wabi-sabi flower v...
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Southeast Asian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

18th Century Dutch Sterling Silver and Cut Crystal Glass Perfume Cylinder Bottle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Mid 1700's cut crystal encased ornate sterling silver cylindrical shaped Dutch cologne or perfume scent bottle showing multiple scenes of vernacular life in 1700's Europe. Has a make...
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Dutch Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Sterling Silver

Chinese Ming Cobalt Brushed Celadon Jar, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
Warped by fire and eroded by time, this ceramic storage jar from Yunnan province is a testament to the wabi-sabi beauty of provincial Chinese pottery. Dated to the 15th/16th century,...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware

Ming Dynasty Vase with Vibrant Turquoise Glaze
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ming Dynasty (16th century) pottery vase with vivid turquoise glaze, decorated with dragons. The vase is partially moulded, with circular bosses around the mouth rim and a hexagonal ...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

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