Description

Qing Dynasty Chinese porcelain vase is finely potted in Chinese traditional YuHuChun shape vessel, 'the pear shaped' bottle vase, a bottom-heavy body tapered gracefully to slender waisted neck flaring at the rim, supported on short spreading foot ring. The decorations show a spontaneous, naturalistic style, painted in various tones and shades of cobalt-blue with terraced garden landscape, showing tropical foliate, bamboo, and rockworks, all sets between ruyi heads pendant and scrolling tendril motifs bands around the shoulder and foot; the neck encircled by upright plantain leaves, the interior rim with a classic scroll. Borders of thin lines incised near the top and foot rims and a clear blue color on a very white paste are characteristic features. The glaze stopping before the foot rim, revealed the pale-creme ground, with orange and grayish firing marks. The receded central under base remain white underglaze. 

 

Mark on Base, a six blue seal script -ZhuanShu- Characters reign mark, QianLong Reign Period of Great Qing (1735-1796)

Dimension: 11-1/2" H x 6-1/2" D

 

PROVENANCE:

 

From the collection of General Chen Qi 陳淇; (1912-2000), who styled himself as “Cangquan” (滄泉and “Yuquanshanren”玉泉山人), an artist, calligrapher, a prominent businessman and private antiques collector.

For more information about General Chen Qi's Biography, please refer to provenance information

 

http://chen-qi.net/ 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Qi_(collector)