Chinese vase
Ming dynasty vessel
A Chinese vase is a decorative vessel originating from or styled after traditional Chinese ceramics, often featuring distinctive blue-and-white patterns, famille rose colors, or other characteristic glazes.
Chinese vases have been prized in Western collecting since the 17th century: The mantelpiece displayed a Ming dynasty Chinese vase.
The term sometimes appears in contexts about fragility or preciousness.
- porcelainTranslucent fired clay
- MingChinese imperial era, 1368–1644
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- ceramicFired clay material
- terra cottaFired clay ceramic
delicate · blue and white · blue · white · glaze · hand painted · antique · museum piece · auction house · jade · oriental · pottery · urn · decorative · floral · dragon · lucky charm · silk
- Asian decorbamboo furniture, bonsai, Japanese lanterns, paper lanterns, pagoda
- vasesamphora, urn, vessel
function/purpose
Chinese vasedinner plate
Circular mealtime vessel
cooking pot · mixing bowl · chamber pot · storage jar · drinking cup