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.
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Style: Ming
Vintage Chinese Blue Underglaze Porcelain Ginger Jar, Ming Style
Located in Glasgow, GB
A vintage blue and white 'Ming Style' ginger jar, crafted in China during the latter half of the 20th century.
A smooth hexagonal-shaped body showcases the revered technique of Chin...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Vintage 'Ming Style' Temple Jar Blue and White Glazed Porcelain
Located in Glasgow, GB
Vintage porcelain temple jar, handcrafted towards the end of the 20th century, in 1980s China
Artistically decorated in a simple yet decorative Ming-era style. Its body features a f...
Category
1980s Chinese Vintage Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Large Bronze Ming Dynasty Ming Dynasty Vase Geometrically Decorated Archaic 15th Century
Located in Taranto, IT
Large Vase In embossed Bronze with geometric decoration of Archaic inspiration , China, Ming Dynasty 15th Century.
In very good conservative condition, patina due to age .
Height 3...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Chinese 'Ming Style' Blue and White Porcelain Baluster Vase
Located in Glasgow, GB
A vintage 'Ming style' baluster vase. Created around the mid to latter half of the 20th Century in China.
A classical representation of the much revered blue and white glazed porce...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Large Ming Style Glazed Light Celadon Green Fixed Ring Porcelain Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Large Ming Style Tall Porcelain Vase, it Features Urn or Bottle Shape with Fixed Ring with Dog Mask
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Celadon, Porcelain
Pair of Qingbai Funerary Vases with Daoist figures, Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
A pair of large Qingbai jars from the Song or Yuan Dynasty, designed for tomb offerings, featuring tall proportions with short bodies and extended necks. These Mingqi jars, typically...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair of 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Oxblood Glazed Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Chinese porcelain vases with an oxblood, red, sang de boeuf glaze. These large vases are very decorative and would make a great pair of lamps or vases.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Annamese stoneware with cobalt underglaze blue, Hoi An Hoard, late 15th century.
Located in seoul, KR
Decorated with floral and foliate reserves; lappets at base and leaves at neck.
Dates : 15th century Le Dynasty
Region : North Annam
Type : Yuhuchun Vase
Found/Acquired : Southeast Asia , South China Sea, Hoi An Ship
Reference :
1) Art Gallery of Greater Victoria - A vase from the wreck of the Hoi An
2) Butterfield Treasures Hoi An Hoard Auction Catalogs / San Francisco Butterfields 2000
* Vietnamese trade ceramics
Around the mid-14th century, Vietnam developed its ceramics production technology by producing blue and white porcelain, and began to export it overseas. During this period, China Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of lifting the ban from 1371 to 1657 and restricted foreign trade. This served as a good opportunity in the trade history of Vietnamese ceramics, and ceramic exports...
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15th Century and Earlier Vietnamese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
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...
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20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver
Chinese Green Monochrome Meiping Vase
Located in Savannah, GA
A Chinese monochrome porcelain meiping vase in crackled lime-green glaze with apocryphal Chenghua mark.
10 ½ inches wide by 17 inches tall
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Ming Cizhou Wine Jar, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive glazed vessel dates to the early 17th century and was used to store wine and spirits made from rice and other grains. The Ming-dynasty jar has an elegant, tapered for...
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Early 17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Ming Cizhou Wine Jar, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive glazed vessel dates to the early 17th century and was used to store wine and spirits made from rice and other grains. The Ming-dynasty jar has an elegant, tapered for...
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
17th century Chinese Ming Porcelain Ceramic Blue and White Vase Covered
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Antique 17th Century Chinese porcelain - Ceramic covered vase
Origin: China, Period Late Ming, approx 1630 - 1645
Form - Octagonal balus...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, 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
Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Incense Holder / Jardiniere
Located in San Francisco, CA
Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Incense Holder / Jardiniere. A substantial incense holder in the Chinese Ming style. Sides and bottom covered in a r...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Ming Dynasty Bronze Gu Beaker Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese bronze vase, Gu, the trumpet-shaped upper section cast with four blades filled with archaic designs. Center and lower sections depicting Toadies with very intricate backgroun...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
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
Longquan Vase Ceramic China Ming Era
Located in Milano, IT
Longquan vase with baluster shape and celadon-colored background, finely engraved in bands, in the upper part with plane tree leaves motifs, side grips in the shape of stylized cloud...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Chinese Martaban Ming Dynasty Stoneware Storage Vase with Dragons
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Martaban Ming dynasty stoneware storage vase with dragons, 14th century. Beautiful Ochoa and yellow brown glaze with decorated dragons and Ming clouds. Applied snail or dragon ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Ming Ceramic Provincial Jar Celadon Glaze, Early 17th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese hand-thrown ceramic provincial jar with a light celadon glaze which we date to the Ming period of the early 17th century or possibly earlier.
The jar is hand potted...
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Very Rare Ming Dynasty Porcelain Ewer with Ottoman Gem-Set Tombak Mounts
Located in London, GB
Very rare Ming dynasty porcelain ewer with ottoman gem-set tombak mounts
Chinese and Turkish, 16th/17th century
Measures: Tombak: height 20cm,...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Brass
Chinese Ming dynasty Martaban 39 Inch Stoneware Storage Vase with Dragons
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Martaban Ming dynasty stoneware storage vase with dragons, 14th century. Beautiful Ochoa and yellow-brown glaze with decorated dragons and Ming clouds. Applied snail or dragon ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Chinese Porclelain Celedon Planters
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Chinese porcelain fish bowls with a celadon glaze and embosed floral design. These jardinieres are a nice scale with a beauiful ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Ming Small Vase Cargo Shipwreck Wanli/Transitional Period, Circa 1625-40
By The Hatcher Collection
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand painted 17th century, late Ming dynasty, porcelain Jar or small Vase which we attribute to the Hatcher shipwreck cargo, this piece being from the Wanli /transitional period, circa 1625- 1640.
The Jar/ Vase is fairly thickly potted with a very white glaze to the porcelain.
It is decorated with a man and a boy stood against a tree with rocks, mountains and flying bats in the background all hand painted in various shades of a clear under-glaze cobalt blue. The irregular shaped head, bald high forehead, and straight pencilled beard with moustache support this date and period.
Notes: The Hatcher Cargo...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Large Ming Dynasty Cizhou Hand Painted Vessel
Located in London, GB
Cizhou stoneware vessel, dating to the Ming dynasty, 17th century.
Traditional urn-shaped stoneware, decorated with dark brown brushwork on a ligh...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Extra Large Martaban Vase
Located in Houston, TX
Large Martaban Ming dynasty stoneware storage vase with dragons, 14th century. Beautiful Ochoa and yellow brown glaze with decorated dragons and Ming clouds. Applied dragon...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Asian Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
17thC Ming Chinese Jar porcelain Hand Painted Blue & White with hardwood Stand
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand painted 17th century, Ming dynasty, porcelain Jar or small Vase complete with a hand carved hardwood stand.
The Jar is fairly thickly potted with no foot rim as is...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain, Hardwood
Chinese Ming Dynasty Golden Brown Glazed Martaban Water Jar with Tiger Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Ming Dynasty period glazed ceramic Martaban water jar from the 17th century, with tiger motifs and petite handles. Created in China during the Ming Dynasty era, this Martaban water jar features a golden brown patina perfectly accented with a relief decor showcasing a frieze of passing tigers. Topped with petite handles circling around the base of the neck, this Chinese Ming Dynasty Martaban jar...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Longquan Style Celadon Vase
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large, Chinese Longquan style celadon vase with a stunning lotus leaf pattern underglaze and Greek key detail on the perimeter of t...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
White Blanc de Chine Porcelain Vase with Fruit, Leaves and Vines
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Blanc de Chine white ceramic porcelain vase with a generous relief of fruit (peaches), leaves and vines, circa 20th century, China. Dimensions: 6.5" diameter x 12.5" heig...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, 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
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...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
A Pair of Fine Porcelain Vases with Underglaze Floral Motif
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of simple and elegant monochrome porcelain vases, with fine under glaze floral motif. beautiful color, form and lines.
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Assembled Chinese Late Yuan / Early Ming Dynasty Bronze Garniture
Located in Austin, TX
Consisting of a large baluster vase (H: 14.25") with arrow handles and a near pair of smaller baluster vases with mythical beast loop handles.
The large vase, of yuhuchunping f...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
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
Contemporary Hand Painted Ginger Jars
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Contemporary Hand Painted Ginger Jars. Contemporary appears to be made in China
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Ming Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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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