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Hey folks,
Before I fall into a turkey induced coma, I figured I would post this and ask if anyone thinks this could be Guangxu period. I think the decoration would be the hundred treasures?
It certainly looks like it has some potential, I am just not sure if it there is anything that screams it’s wrong.
Jeremy
I'm thinking it is a little too bright and shiny to be period. Maybe more likely a late 20th c repro? Hopefully I'm wrong. Let's see what others say.
Yeah definitely possible, the pictures which aren’t mine look like somebody played with the contrast. I zoomed in on the original photos and there do look to be a few imperfections here and there. Sometimes I hate this auctions photos because they really edit the photos for “lighting corrections”. When I bought that mirror black vase from them they boosted the contrast so far you couldn’t see when the black faded to brown.
Jeremy
I had the same first impression as John. Although, I wonder if that bright and shiny appearance may be due to the photo being overexposed? Regardless, even if it may be more modern, I think it's attractive.
The colors look somehow wrong for Guangxu and it looks too carefully painted. Like by someone who doesn’t want to get it wrong, but not by someone who painted such vases all his life. The brown rims on the steps look strange too. Just my impression though.
Birgit
Don't hundred treasure designs usually have a joyful exuberance? Lots of colour, too. This seems quite stiff and formal, it also seems to be designed more in the manner of the rocks, trees, bird patterns.
Then there is also the glossy shine that has mentioned. To be honest, I would leave this, but if you are tempted, I would ask for more pictures first.
This is the type of pattern that comes to my mind when I picture a Guangxu hundred treasures vase.
@jbeer2121 It seems to have been executed very well. The concerns about the color seeming a bit dim might be legitimate, but it is hard to say.... the white background seems to be washing the photo out a bit, so it could also be the photo.
I can't zoom in enough to see any detail close enough that I could say for sure, but worth investigating.
I've noticed in some recent Guangxu mark & period copies, that the weight is too heavy, too thickly potted. So, you should get your hands on it. Meantime, I'll look to see if a hundred antiques vase has ever come up in the Guangxu period.... to memory, I don't recall ever seeing a mark and period hundred antiques vase of any period.
@jbeer2121 After a quick review of Christie's and looking at the photos again, I think it is a modern fake.
First, I don't see any examples of mark and period 'hundred antiques' vases. There is a reference to a Yongzheng example in the Palace collection, but not a single example of mark and period has come through Christie's (unless it's not in the online catalog).
Second, the design has some elements that are confusing in the execution. The design looks very Kangxi in the manner of rendering, so I am left wondering why is the mark not a Kangxi mark (revival)? When I look at Guangxu mark and period pieces, they seem to be emmulate Qianlong styles or later (hundred bats for example), not Kangxi.
There is also the strange blending/fading of colors on some of the objects depicted on the vase. This seems to be a method used with Qianjiang porcelains, especially later examples that were experimenting with fencai colors.
Finally, the foot ring is a bit off colored for imperial kiln work, and too nice for non-imperial work.
I'm thinking that a close inspection of the glaze and slip will show the piece to have been fired in a modern kiln.
Thank you for looking into it. A friend sent me a link while I was eating dinner last night and said he had bid but wanted my advice. I thought overall it was nicely done but I really want sure if I was missing something. I did notice the Kangxi elements and being a bit of a novice on Guangxu mark and period pieces thought perhaps it fit the revival genre, but it makes more sense to me, as you say, that they would mark it Kangxi. I did look around online briefly and didn’t find a Hundred Trasures vase of the period like it, except the one @julia found.
I’ll be interested to see it either way, since I believe he won it.
Thanks again
They always seem to describe Chinese pieces as 20th century, such as a pair of Yongzheng export plates I bought last year. They also described the mark as a “pictorial makers mark”. I always get a giggle at how things are described there. I actually bought a painting from there that was painted in 1601 that they described as late 20th century because it was lined with a modern canvas. 🤣
Jeremy
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