Ming Vases and Vessels
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.
Find a collection of Ming cabinets, decorative objects, lounge chairs and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Ming
Antique early 20th century Dutch Delft Iznik Style Earthenware Jug ca 1910
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A small, beautifully shaped spherical jug with a slightly tapering neck by De Porceleyne Fles. Dated between 1910–1930, it belongs to the 'Nieuw Delfts' series, inspired by ceramics ...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Ming Celadon Bottle Vase, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite ceramic bottle is a Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) vessel originally used for serving rice wine or spirits. The small round bottle is beautiful in its imperfection, shaped with...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Ming Cobalt Brushed Wine Vessel, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite ceramic bottle is a Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) vessel originally used for serving rice wine or spirits. The gracefully curved form is known as a yuhuchunping, or pear-shape...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Ming Lotus Petal Vase, c. 1400
Located in Chicago, IL
With its balanced silhouette and subdued color palette, this lotus offering vase from the early Ming dynasty (1368-1644) resonates calm and sophistication. Sculpted centuries ago in ...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty Style Blue and White Porcelain Moonflask Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese Ming Dynasty Xuande Period-style (late 19th Century) white porcelain vases with moonflask forms, blue floral and bird motifs and marks no...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
36CM Antique 17/18th c Kraak Style Blue White Dutch Delftware Earthenware Cha.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Earthenware dish with a flat rim. Decorated in different shades of blue on a white tin glaze. Central scene of a grasshopper on a rock. These kind of dishes were made after Chinese K...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$2,712 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 18th century Dutch Delft Earthenware Plate Based Month of August Porc
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: 22 cm.
Condition: Typical rimflaws and restoration
Condition
...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$371 Sale Price
74% Off
Chinese Ming Cobalt Brushed Oil Bottle, c. 1550
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant ceramic vessel is a Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) bottle originally used for storing oil or sauces. Dated to the 15th/16th century, the bottle has a gracefully curved form kn...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Chinese Zhangzhou Swatow Slip Decoration Charger Ming Dynasty
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Unusual Majestic and Large Chinese Ming period Swatow Charger.
It's quite difficult to catch the true color of this one in the studio, the photos outside with phone are therefore the...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$5,961 Sale Price
20% Off
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
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Monumental Imari-Style Orange, White and Blue Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese monumental orange, white and blue porcelain floor vase celebrating Japanese Imari ware in both palette and design, decorated with medallion...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
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...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$3,476 Sale Price
20% Off
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
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$1,183 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Chinese Yellow and Turquoise Genre Vignette Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese vases with turquoise interiors, and yellow and turquoise grounds decorated in purple and blue floral designs, framing central, richly depicted genre vignettes wrappin...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Ming Cobalt Brushed Wine Vessel, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite ceramic bottle is a Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) vessel originally used for serving rice wine or spirits. The gracefully curved form is known as a yuhuchunping, or pear-shape...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$185 Sale Price
87% Off
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 Vases and Vessels
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$1,183 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Blue White Porcelain Vase With Gilt Silver Phoenix Dragons, 20th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
The pair of Blue White Porcelain Vases with Gilt Silver Phoenix Dragons, dating from the 20th century, is an exquisite examples of decorative art, blending traditional Chinese porcel...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver
Antique Chinese Porcelain 17th Century Ming period Boys and Bird dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely little dish from the Late Ming period. Blue and White Porcelain, Tianqi or Chongzhen Period c.1620-1635.
The subject is of two young Chinese boys walking...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$2,138 Sale Price
20% Off
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
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
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
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$495 Sale Price
66% Off
Antique Ming Period Ko Akae Chinese Porcelain Dish Kosometsuke Flowers Poem
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
One of the coolest pieces I have gotten in the last months. Great decoration with added green and red. This piece has the thing that intrigues me a lot. Green color added to baking f...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$8,446 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Imari-Style Orange and Blue Monumental Ceramic Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese orange, white and blue monumental floor vase celebrating Japanese Imari ware in both palette and design, decorated with medallions of bloom...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Asian Amber Glass Vase or Urn
Located in Plainview, NY
A highly decorative vintage Asian amber glass vase or lid urn. The urn features a handcrafted flower brass design in the center of the vase, a round wooden base in black and gilt decorated. The lid of the urn is in the shape of a sword holder...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Wood
$1,200 Sale Price
52% Off
Leaf Shaped Kosometsuke Antique Chinese Porcelain 17c Ming Dynasty serving dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this beautiful leaf shaped serving dish on four feet in blue and white.
Visible is a typically painted scene for this period. Mountain landscape with a house in the ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$5,961 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Off-White and Botanical Design Globular Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese Qing Dynasty-style (late 19th Century) globular, off-white porcelain vase decorated with blooming flora and branches, and pink and purple decorative patterns around the neck....
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$1,565 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$8,446 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Blue and White and Raised Rose Pattern Octagonal Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese blue and white porcelain vase with an octagonal, faceted shape wrapped in blue bands featuring white iconography at the base and convex top, framing a center area that altern...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Pair of Red Glazed Porcelain Vases
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A pair of Porcelain Asian Vases with subtle form, good weight and striking presentation. With Red glazed exteriors and Brown contrasting interiors. Very good condition and marked on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$295 / set
Chinese White and Blue Raised Rose Design Octagonal Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese blue and white porcelain vase with an octagonal, faceted shape wrapped in blue bands featuring white iconography at the base and concave top, framing a center area that alter...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Beige and Orange Fish Design Meiping Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese Ming/Jiajing-style beige porcelain vases with Meiping forms decorated in orange fish and flower motifs and geometric-patterned bands around the tops and bases, accent...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Ming Cobalt Brushed Oil Bottle, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant ceramic vessel is a Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) bottle originally used for storing oil or sauces. Dated to the 15th/16th century, the bottle has a gracefully curved form kn...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Japanese sweetmeat set of Kosometsuke dishes. Vintage/modern copy after
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice sweetmeat set of Kosometsuke dishes. Japanese vintage/modern copy after Chinese ming example.
All with stamp mark to the base.
Pictures of the origi...
Category
20th Century Japanese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$2,234 Sale Price
20% Off
Urn Chinese Glazed Brown Ming China
Located in New York, NY
Urn Chinese Glazed Brown Ming China. A Glaced Ming Urn from China. Made during the Ming Period 1368-1644.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Boho Glazed Ceramic Tall Ming Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho Glazed ceramic vase. A classic Ming style in a black high gloss finish. Rests on a wooden plinth. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century American Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Ming vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Ming vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage vases and vessels created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, asian art and furniture, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Ming vases and vessels made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and China pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for vases and vessels differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $245 and tops out at $108,002 while the average work can sell for $1,650.
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