Pater Gratia Oriental Art

Chinese Porcelain

Chinese Porcelain

 

From the second pre-Christian millennium highly, developed ceramics were produced in China. In the late Tang period (618-906) the transition from fine stoneware to hard, white, translucent, porcelain with a ringing timbre took place. It was made from finely washed material enriched with kaolin which was fired between 1200 and 1300 degrees centigrade. As Chinese porcelain contains less kaolin than European it is more transparent and less dense. It appears more lively in its consistency.

Chinese porcelain is usually glazed before the first firing which makes a more painterly use of colour possible. The major part of the porcelain for the local market and export was produces from the 12th century onwards in the imperial manufactories in Jingdezhen in the southern province of Jiangxi. Among the most popular porcelain decors was an underglaze blue decoration using cobalt imported from the Missile East or of Chinese extraction. Blue and white porcelain from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and particularly from the reign of the Chinese emperor Kangxi (1662-1722), were very popular in the West. Porcelain in the style of famille verte decorated with gleaming overglaze colours dates from the of the 17th century. The overglaze decors known as famille rose with its delicate range of opaque colours were created under Emperor Yongzheng (1723-1735). (Source: The Royal Porcelain Collection, Zwinger, Dresden, Germany)

The objects for sale are listed in the categories below, 

please click on a page to view the objects.

Blue and White Ming wares

1368-1644

(page 1)

 

 

Zhangzhou (Swatow) wares

1570-1650

 

Dishes

(page 1)

Jarlets

(page 1)

(page 2)

Other wares

(page 1)

 

 

Kraak Porcelain wares

1570-1645

 

Dishes

(page 1)

Klapmutsen

(page 1)

Bowls

(page 1)

Closed Forms

(page 1)

 

 

Ko-Sumetsuke wares early

17th century

(page 1)

 

 

The Transitional Period

1620-1683

(page 1)

 

 

Blue and White Kangxi Period wares 1662-1722

 

Dishes

(page 1)

Vases

(page 1)

Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares

(page 1)

Other wares

(page 1)

 

 

Blue and White wares

since 1722

(page 1)

 

 

Famille Verte

1680-1725

(page 1)

 

 

Red & Gold / Rouge-de-Fer

1690-1730

(page 1)

 

 

Powder Blue

1700-1725

(page 1)

 

 

Chinese Imari

1700-1800

(page 1)

(page 2)

 

 

Encre de Chine

1725-1775

(page 1)

 

 

Batavia Brown (Capucin) wares 1700-1800

(page 1)

 

 

Soft-paste / Steatiric / Pâte tendre 1700-1800

(page 1)

 

 

Chine de Commande (CDC)

1680-1800

 

Western Subjects 1680-1800

 

- Western Designers

(page 1)

- Mythological, Religious and Various Subjects

(page 1)

- Armorial / Pseudo-Armorial wares 1700-1800

(page 1)

 

 

Chinese wares over-decorated in the West

1700-1800

(page 1)

 

 

Famille Rose wares

1725-1800

(page 1)

(page 2)

 

 

Polychrome wares other

since 1722

(page 1)

 

 

Mandarin wares

1750-1790

(page 1)

 

 

Monochromes

1700-1900

(page 1)

 

 

Blanc de Chine

1600-1900

(page 1)

 

 

Yixing

1650-1900

(page 1)

 

 

Figures, Birds, Animals and Fish 1680-1880

(page 1)

 

 

Mark and Period Porcelains

(page 1)

 

 

The Nineteenth Century / Republic of China

(page 1)

 

 

Shipwreck Porcelains 

(page 1