Antique Japanese Nippon Moriage Porcelain Vase C1920

This vase has great decorative impact; the ovoid body is painted in polychrome pallet with birds in a flowering landscape, centered on an old tree trunk. The decoration is profuse bu...

Set of three Nippon porcelain pieces. Hand-painted in Japan.

**Pair of Rare Antique Nippon Porcelain Hand-Painted Art Deco Tea Cups, Circa 1920** Presenting a highly collectible pair of antique porcel...

A Pair of 19th century Japanese Kutani Porcelain baluster Vases with Nishikigoi (koi) Motif. Each of baluster form with a flared ruffled mouth, beautifully decorated with red coy fis...

Superb Art Deco/cubist lion figural toothpick holder figurine. Dates from the 1930s and made of porcelain. Made in Japan by Nippon and marked on the b...

Presenting a gorgeous Nippon Art Nouveau style butterfly vase. Fully marked on base for having been made and hand decorated in Japanese Macau. This h...

Pair of antique Victorian quality Japanese Kutani porcelain vases finely decorated with panels of peacocks and figures in wonderful iro...

Wonderful 18th to 19th century antique Imari porcelain plate with scalloped rim. Hand painted with central blue medallion, surrounded vibrant orange, crimson, blue, and green pattern...

This is a beautiful antique pair of fine quality Dresden porcelain pot pourri urns and covers, circa 1920 in date. Each painted with harbour scenes on a patterned ground and bearing underglaze blue AR marks. They are beautiful objects which will look fabulous in all surroundings. Condition: In really excellent condition with no chips, cracks or signs of repair, and only very minor signs of wear comensurate with age and use, please see photos for confirmation of condition. Dimensions in cm: Height 41 x Width 23 x Depth 17 Dimensions in inches: Height 1 foot, 4 inches x Width 9 inches x Depth 7 inches Dresden porcelain - A King's Obsession In the early 1700s, King Augustus II, prince elector of Saxony, held goldsmith Johann Bottger prisoner and commissioned him to create gold. Bottger instead discovered the method of creating porcelain, a favored and valuable item in the king's eyes. The king announced to Europe in 1710 that he would open a porcelain manufactory in Dresden. He instead opened one at nearby Albrechtsburg castle. Espionage was rampant, and the king guarded his porcelain secret, even though it meant imprisoning workers within the castle walls. By 1720, the secret was leaked and porcelain producers popped up in Vienna and Venice. Dresden porcelain adopted Saxon crossed swords in under-glaze blue as its distinguishing mark. In 1736, the porcelain manufactory produced the "Swan Service...

A very beautiful pair of polychromed Kutani porcelain Japanese vases, circa early 20th century, Meiji period, Japan. Vases are hand painted and designed with two different sides; one...