Art Pottery

Vase Porcelain

DEREK DAVIS Studio Pottery Bottle Vase porcelain c1970s $179.80

OLD Antique German Porcelain Vase FLORAL LATE 1800~VICTORIAN~MINT $99.99

Art of CHOKIN Porcelain Gilded Vase ~ FLOWER CART ~ EUC $14.00

Classic Edelstein Bavaria Porcelain Vase Hand-painted $12.95

Art of CHOKIN Porcelain Gilded Vase BIRDS OF PARADISE $14.99

Vintage Portugal Art Pottery Vase Hand Painted Porcelain Scallop Vase Signed $18.99

VINTAGE ORIENTAL TWIN HANDLED PORCELAIN VASE IMARI COLOURS $3.11

Hand Crafted Ceramic Vase VIETNAM PORCELAIN $23.99

ATELIER LE TALLEC HAND PAINTED LIMOGES PORCELAIN Guide to bells, boxes, vases + $48.69

Vintage 1950s Japanese Porcelain 2 3/4 Inch Decorative Floral Vase $2.99

Matched Pair Vintage 3 Vase & Candle Porcelain Frog Holders Japan $39.00

Vintage Marked DEL CORONADO NASCO PRODUCT vase Flower Pot porcelain $7.99

Lenox Porcelain Flower Vase with Gold Rim and Base $16.25

Beautiful Victorian German Porcelain Vases (2) $8.99

AK Kaiser Porcelain Vase #507 – Made in West Germany $29.95

Vintage Italian HAND PAINTED & GOLD ACCENT PORCELAIN MATCHING Bud Vases $29.95

Miniature 3″ Watering Can! Porcelain Pitcher Can, REAL Gold Trim (Bud Vase) $24.95

Vintage Antique Porcelain Staffordshire Shorter England Vase 10″ Tall NO RESERVE $49.99

Lusterware Porcelain Hand Decorated 22K Gold Vases $14.99

Kaiser Germany LILIANE Porcelain Vase BY Karl Nossek West Germany $12.99

Vintage CROWN RGK Czechoslovakia Porcelain Bud Vase – Flow Bleu – Marked $3.99

Japanese Vase, Black Porcelain, $8.99

Japanese Vase, Cobalt Blue Porcelain, Florals $10.99

Cobalt Blue Porcelain Vase Marked , X, & signed , gold trim , old 10″ by 6″ $19.99

Beautiful Pair of Porcelain Torsade Rose Vases $29.99

Handpainted porcelain vase, Made in Japan, floral decor $19.75

IMARI 5 1/4″ Vase Urn Hand Painted Porcelain Floral Design Japan ? Gold Asian $14.95

IMARI Vase Hand Painted Enamaled Porcelain Floral Bird Design Asian $5.95

Vintage Porcelain Bud Vase Hand Painted Gold Trim Aqua & Mauve Flowers $12.00

Vintage Porcelain Windflower Floral Vase Purple Orange/Red $9.00

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Collecting Asian Art: “Porcelain”

Porcelain is an integral thread of the fabric of Chinese culture. In the 14th century, while Europeans were still eating from low-fired earthenware or wooden dishes, the Chinese had developed the first underglazed porcelain. They were using cobalt, originally imported from Iran during the Yuan period (1279-1368 A.D.), to add exceptional shades of color, from Pale Blue to nearly black, to translucent white wares. As soon as Marco Polo brought back a few samples, the world couldn’t―and still can’t―get enough of it.

Copper is the other basic color of underglaze decoration. It delivers hues that range from the first muddy brown of the early Ming dynasty to the true red of the 18th century. “Peach bloom” or “unripened peach” is a greenish tinge produced when copper has oxidized.

Overglaze decoration was done in various kinds of enamels and called famille rose (a French expression meaning “pink family”). There is famille verte (green), famille noire (black), and famille jaune (yellow). Pieces with a black background enameled in famille rose or in combinations such as rose-verte (pink and green) was a late-17th-century innovation. It is generally agreed that overglaze enamel decoration reached its height in the 18th century.

The Japanese at this time were also developing porcelain, mostly in the form of ceremonial objects like the tea ceremony. The famous Satsuma porcelain you hear so much about was a 17th-century innovation, adopted from Korea and then greatly improved upon. By the Meiji period (1868- 1912) the Japanese had taken enameling to a new level. High Fired and reflecting the Japanese characteristics of meticulousness, precision and definition, these porcelain paintings were highly conceptual. The art of Japanese enameled porcelains peaked between 1880 and 1920, whereas Chinese Porcelain was at its best between 1710 and 1810.

In the last few years, particularly beautiful and particularly rare porcelains have become inordinately valuable. In March 2008, we sold a large Hongwu vase during Asia Week in New York City for $1.2 million. Fortunately, there is still a tremendous amount of beauty to be found in within an affordable price range. Slight flaws will bring the price way down, and yet the items are still very collectible and consistently appreciate in value.

Generally speaking, flaws on the glaze occur most frequently during firing. While several overglaze colors can theoretically be fired at the same time, more often than not they are fired separately. If gilded, the gold was the last to go on. It is the first to wear off.

When evaluating a particular piece of porcelain, start by viewing it as though it were perfect and determine what price perfection. (Access our online catalogs and the prices realized for each auction to use as a reliable Price Guide.) From there, adjudicate the flaws in the piece and judge the value in its current condition.

My own opinion is that very Fine Porcelain pieces with some damage or restoration are great buys today. A Ch’ien Lung bowl, for instance, in Perfect Condition would be out of the reach of most people. But if you find one with a small chip that was expertly repaired and the bowl would make a beautiful addition to your collection, buy it. They aren’t making them like that anymore and the chances of it holding its value, even appreciating, is enormous.

As for copies, you can spot them fairly easily. The decoration is usually too carefully drawn. Since porcelain does not show a lot of wear, you will notice immediately if a piece looks like somebody has taken fine steel wool and scrubbed it, put it up on a buffing wheel or tried to tone it down with chemicals.

Japanese porcelain from the Meiji period and notably from the Kutani (nine rivers Nine Rivers?) region has never really been effectively reproduced; the repros that do exist are noticeably inferior. Also, few reproductions come out of Japan these days.

About the Author

For a complete discussion of Imperial Porcelain and Export Ware, Japanese Satsuma and other fine Asian porcelains, please see Collecting Asian Art, by I. M. Chait, due to be published late fall 2008. For more details please visit
www.chait.com

I have to find out about Capodimonte Porcelain Plain White pyramid of fruit with leaves of gold? Year made?

I bought 2 pairs of Capodimonte a sale of goods, Plain White pyramid fruit of a porcelain vase in his all white with the exception of the leaves and stems of the fruit, gold is gold. It is marked with N and logo on the crown of Capodimonte in the bottom of the cup and one cup has the number 208 in it.I want to know the authenticity and also the year it was made. Most capodimonte I've seen are made in many colors. If anyone out there can tell me about these recent find of mine will greatly appreiciate it. Thanks

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