Qing Monochromes, Porcelains of a single color
Qing Monochromes have long held a special place among aficionados and collectors of Chinese ceramics. In no dynasty had this category reached the levels of perfection attained during the Qing
Imperial relief carved Qianlong vase
Dynasty (1644-1911). This is especially true for what was produced during the time period of 1700 to 1765. During this sixty five year period with the support of the Imperial houses of the Kangxi
Emporer (1661-1722) then to his second son the Yongzheng Emperor (1722-1735) and then by succession to his son the Qianlong Emperor (Oct. 1735 to 1796). Happily for artists during this time, especially folks involved with making porcelain, these two great Chinese leaders were patrons of the arts, in the classic sense. The palaces of both routinely ordered massive amounts of porcelain for use within the forbidden city, including sets for the 15,000 people who worked there.
A Period of Innovation and Experimentation
During the later Kangxi era breakthroughs were made in the production of Peach Bloom in all of its assorted shades, along with Langyao, bright Apple Green and of course the soft pale blue. These innovations continued with vast amounts of money being poured into the Imperial kilns in Jingdezhen for the next six decades. Orders at time became so large the Imperial kilns farmed out production to other kilns to meet demand. Additionally demand as was tradition, grew among the the well to with their own tastes evolving in line with those of the Imperial house. The Emoperer tastes, set the fashion for everyone else's. As time passed by, the shapes became more refined, more delicate with the colors becoming more controlled and pure. By the mid 1700's, changes at the kilns and in production began to decline slightly in quality, but remained over all quite good but lacked the innovations of the previous era. To learn a bit more from an excellent article Read More Here
Chinese Kangxi Apple Green Bottle Vase
Chinese Kangxi Apple Green Bottle Vase
Chinese Kangxi Apple Green Bottle Vase
Kangxi Double Gourd Claire-de-lune Vase
Kangxi Double Gourd Claire-de-lune Vase
Kangxi Beehive Water Pot with Peach Bloom Glaze
Kangxi Beehive Water Pot with Peach Bloom Glaze
18th C. Chinese Teadust Glaze Bowl profile view
18th C. Chinese Teadust Glaze Bowl with Everted Rim, foot-rim
Kangxi Beehive Water Pot with Peach Bloom Glaze
Pale Blue Kangxi Amphora vase
Pale Blue Kangxi Amphora vase
Deep Red Peach Bloom Kangxi Amphora
Peach Bloom Kangxi Amphora
Peach Bloom Kangxi Amphora
Chinese Kangxi Peach Bloom Amphora vase
Chinese Kangxi Peach Bloom Bottle vase
Mouth, Chinese Kangxi Peach Bloom Bottle vase
Detail reign mark Kangxi Peach Bloom Brush Washer
Kangxi Peach Bloom Brush Washer, 1662 to 1722
Kangxi Peach Bloom Brush Washer
Reign mark, Kangxi Peach Bloom Brush Washer
Kangxi Peachbloom Brush Washer
Kangxi Peach Bloom Brush Washer
Kangxi Peach Bloom Brush Washer, Kangxi Mark
Chinese Kangxi Covered Porcelain Box
Chinese Kangxi Covered Porcelain Box
Peach Bloom Glaze Seal Paste Box, Kangxi Period
Detail of Peach Bloom Glaze, Kangxi Period.
Paste Box Fine Mat Peach Bloom Glaze, Kangxi Period
Fine Mat Peach Bloom Glaze, Kangxi Period
Cobalt Blue Kangxi Mark on paste box
Detail of Chinese Kangxi Seal paste box
Detail of Chinese Kangxi Seal paste box
Blue and White reign Kangxi mark, Seal paste box
Chinese Kangxi Peach-bloom Box Collection
Chinese Kangxi Peach Bloom Seal Paste Box
Foot Chinese Kangxi Peachbloom seal paste Box Reign mark
Chinese Kangxi Peach-bloom Box
Chinese Kangxi Peach-bloom Box
Chinese Kangxi Peach-bloom Box, Reign mark
Chinese Kangxi Petal Decorated Celadon vase
Chinese Kangxi Petal Decorated Celadon vase foot and mark
Petal Decorated Kangxi Peach Bloom vase
Rare Kangxi Petal Form Peach Bloom vase
Foot-rim and Kangxi reign mark, Petal Form Vase
Petal Decorated Chinese Kangxi Peach bloom vase
Petal Decorated Chinese Kangxi Peach bloom vase
Chinese Kangxi Peach Bloom Vase Kangxi mark
Petal Decorated Kangxi Period Vase
Chinese Kangxi Peach Bloom Vase Kangxi mark
Chinese Kangxi Peach Bloom Vase with Petal Decoration
Chinese Kangxi Peach Bloom Vase
Chinese Kangxi Peach Bloom Vase Kangxi mark
Chinese Kangxi Blue and Gilt decorated baluster vase.
Mouth Detail, Chinese Kangxi Blue and Gilt baluster vase
Foot Detail, Chinese Kangxi Blue and Gilt baluster vase
Chinese Kangxi Period Bottle vase
Chinese Kangxi Period Bottle vase with Claire-de-lune glaze. Foot detail of mark
Chinese Kangxi Claire-de-lune Meiping Shaped vase
Upper Detail image of Kangxi Claire-de-lune Meiping vase
Foot detail image of Kangxi Claire-de-lune Meiping vase
Chinese Kangxi Period Celadon Ring Necked vase.
Chinese Kangxi Period Celadon Ring Necked vase with marked base and executed with low relief decorations. BASE DETAIL
Kangxi Period Celadon Ring Necked vase reign marked base
Chinese Kangxi Pale Blue Mark and Period Water Pot.
Chinese Kangxi Pale Blue Mark and Period Water Pot base reign mark.
Peachbloom Kangxi Water Pot
Peachbloom Kangxi Water Pot
Six Character Kangxi mark on peach bloom water pot.
Kangxi to Yongzheng Blanc-de-chine Cup
Chinese Kangxi to Yongzheng period Gu.
18th C. Chinese Oxblood Beaker vase
18th C. Chinese Oxblood Beaker vase
Chinese Kangxi Period Ox-Blood vase from the Widener Collection.
Kangxi Period Ox-Blood vase mouth rim, Widener collection
Kangxi Period Ox-Blood vase detail image of foot rim, Widener Collection
Chinese Kangxi Period Ox-Blood vase, early 18th C.
Detail of mouth, Chinese Kangxi Period Ox-Blood vase.
Chinese Kangxi Period Ox-Blood vase foot detail.
Rare Chinese Kangxi Period Ox-Blood vase
Detail of mouth, Rare Chinese Kangxi Period Ox-Blood vase.
Foot detail of Chinese Kangxi Period Ox-Blood vase
Chinese Qianlong 18th C. Chinese Apple Green Porcelain vase. Crackle Glaze
18th C. Chinese Apple Green Porcelain vase. Crackle Glaze.
Detail of mouth, 18th C. Chinese Apple Green Porcelain vase. Crackle Glaze
Chinese Kangxi Apple green vase with Crackle Glaze
Exceptional and Rare Kangxi Vase
Exceptional and Rare Kangxi Vase
Kangxi oxblood glazed vase with white highlights
Kangxi oxblood glazed vase with white highlights
Kangxi oxblood glazed vase with white highlights
Chinese 18th C. Double Gourd vase with Yellow Glaze
Detail of Chinese 18th C. Double Gourd vase with Yellow Glaze.
Chinese Yongzheng Bottle vase 1723 to 1735, soft pale blue glaze.
Reign mark on base of Chinese Yongzheng Bottle vase
Fine Yongzheng Celadon Bowl 1723-1735.
Fine Yongzheng Celadon Bowl 1723-1735. With relief worked incised decorations and reign marked base.
Fine Yongzheng Celadon Bowl, base view with reign mark.
18th C. Apple Green meiping vase
18th C. Meiping From the Yongzheng to Qianlong Period.
Detail of 18th C. Chinese White Meiping vase with brown dressed rim.
Qianlong Celadon Ewer Vase with Ormolu mounts.
Early 19th C. Copper Red Bottle vase
Qianlong Turquoise Bottle vase, 1736 to 1795
Detail Fine Qianlong Turquoise Bottle vase, 1736 to 1795
Early 19th C. Copper Red Bottle vase
Fine 18th C. Chinese Ox-blood bottle vase
Fine 18th C. Chinese Ox-blood bottle vase
Foot and mark of Fine 18th C. Chinese Ox-blood bottle vase
Chinese 19th C. apple green bowl
Chinese 18th to 19th C. apple green bowl with crackle glaze.
18th C. Blanc-de-chine Guanyin
18th C. Bodhisattva Blanc-de-chine Guanyin, detail
18th Chinese Apple Green jar
18th Chinese Apple Green jar
18th Chinese Apple Green jar
18th to 19th C. Chinese turquoise vase
18th to 19th C. Chinese turquoise vase, detail of base and foot rim
18th to 19th C. Chinese Bottle vase.
18th to 19th C. Chinese Bottle vase. Detail
Moonflask shaped 18 to 19th C. Chinese Blanc-de-chine teapot.
Fine 18th C. to early 19th C. Apple Green Chinese vase.
Foot detail of 19th C. Apple Green Chinese vase
18th C. Apple Green Chinese vase
Early 19th Crackle Glazed Chinese vase
Detail 19th Crackle Glazed Chinese vase
19th C. Oxblood vase Pear Shaped vase
Early 19th C. Oxblood meiping vase
Early 19th C. Oxblood Meiping vase full view
Early 19th C. Oxblood Meiping vase detail
19th C. Chinese Vase Red Glazed vase
Qianlong mark on late 19th C. Chinese Vase Red Glazed vase
Late 19th C. Chinese Beehive Pot with yellow glaze.
Kangxi reign mark on Late 19th C. Chinese Beehive Pot with yellow glaze.
Late 19th C. Chinese White Glazed vase with relief of dragons.
Late 19th C. Chinese White Glazed vase with relief of dragons, detail image
20th C. Chinese Robin’s Egg Blue brush pot
20th C. Chinese Robin’s Egg Blue brush pot foot.
18th C. Chinese White Incense Burner
Chinese Incense Burner un-glazed base
Inscribed Qianlong reign Mark on Cobalt vases.
Pair of Chinese 18-19th C. Cobalt Vases
Qianlong Marked Cobalt vases
18th C. Chinese Crackle jar
Foot 18th C. Chinese Crackle jar
Chinese 18th Ge Crackle Censor or Incense Burner
Foot Chinese 18th Ge Crackle Censor
Chinese Ge Crackle Ink Pot
Foot Chinese Ge Crackle Ink Pot
Profile view of 18th C. Song-style Ge Cup
18th C. Song-style Ge Cup
Fine Chinese Kangxi triple Gourd vase.
Foot detail of Fine Chinese Kangxi triple Gourd vase.
Chinese relief worked Sleeve vase 18th to 19th C.
Chinese relief vase 18th to 19th C. Foot-rim
18th C. Chinese crackle glazed vase.
Foot-detail 18th C. Chinese crackle glazed vase.
18th to Early 19th C. Chinese Langyao vase
Foot detail of Early 19th C. Langyao vase, fine deep red copper tones with neat crackle.
18th to 19th C. Song style Ge-ware Ink Pot
18th to 19th C. Song style Ge-ware Ink Pot bottom
18th to 19th C. Chinese Robins egg Ink Pot
Foot rim and base of 18th to 19th C. Chinese Robins egg Ink Pot
Chinese Green Enamel jar with Silver Cover
Foot detail of Chinese Green Enamel jar with Silver Cover
Fine 18th C. Pear Shaped vase with Amber glaze.
base of 18th C. Chinese Amber glazed Crackle vase
Dark blue 18th C. Chinese Meiping vase
Foot 18th C. Chinese Meiping vase
19th C. Incised Celadon Charger
19th C. Incised Celadon Charger foot and base image
19th C. Langyao Pear Shaped vase
View of 19th C. Langyao Pear Shaped vase base.
Pair of Turquoise glaze Foo Lions
Foot detail, Pair of Turquoise glaze Foo Lions
Pair of Qianlong Offering Bowls
Side detail view of Qianlong mark and Period Offering Bowls
Side view of Chinese Kong vase
Qianlong White Porcelain Offering Dishes
Blue glaze Chinese Cong Vase
Fine Pair of Qianlong White Porcelain Offering Dishes
Finely Modeled Qianlong Period Kwan-yin
18th C. base Blanc-de-chine Kwan Yin
18th C. Crackle Bowl
18th C. Crackle Bowl Footrim
Front view of Kangxi to Qianlong Langyao plate.
Kangxi to Qianlong Langyao plate foot detail.
19th to 20th C. Chinese Incised Blue glaze vase
19th to 20th C. Chinese Incised Blue glaze vase
19th C. Chinese Porcelain Kwan-yin
base view of Chinese Porcelain Kwan-yin
Chinese Teadust vase late 19th C.
Base of Chinese teadust Vase side view of foot
19th C. Chinese Ge type Glazed Teapot Foot and lid
18th to early 19th C. Langyao Meiping Vase
18th to early 19th C. Langyao Meiping vase Foot
late 19th C Flambe jar
late 19th C Flambe jar
18th to early 19th C. Pen Stand
18th to early 19th C. Pen Stand, base
Late 19th C. Relief Worked Yellow Plaque
Early 19th C. Ge type Ink Well
Early 19th C. Ge type Ink Well, base
18th C. Chinese Anhua Aubergine vase
18th C. Chinese Anhua Aubergine vase, foot
19th C. Chinese ox-Blood Pear Shaped Vase
19th C. Chinese ox-Blood Foot-rim