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Hey folks,
I've been away for a while, so nice to see the forum is still very active.
A couple of weeks ago I attended a fair as well as the opening of the outdoor season around here for weekend markets a couple of days later. Found a few good items and felt like sharing.
I'm a bit unsure about the oxblood vase, although I'm pretty confident it isn't new. The 'umbrella' vase is peculiar. I have never seen one with incised decoration rather than painted. I have had no luck finding similar ones, hoping someone knows what they are called.
And then there is the blanc de chine vase with foo lion heads, think it is probably 18th century, but unfortunately with slighly cut down neck.
Thoughts?
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Second batch of pictures.
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A nice Qianlong sauce boat that seems to have been in use a lot.
Birgit
A nice Qianlong sauce boat that seems to have been in use a lot.
Indeed. The handle has a crack, but not broken, the "snout" has extensive chipping and two of the points also have chips, but it was too beautiful to pass up when it cost less than $1. I haven't been able to find this specific form, but knowing that these export (silver) forms were only produced for a short while, it should be possible to get a very precise date on it some day (I hope). I wonder what the story is with the woman and the child playing the flute.
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The Qianlong Sauce dish is very lovely. Great bargain. What about the big vase at the back, is that from the fair? It is very nice and if not then what is it. Is it republican?
Anyways Great haul and $1 for a Qianlong dish 😉
Michael, it can be possibly dated by looking at the people. Do you have a close up picture of them, especially the lady?
Birgit
Qianlong sauce boat.
20th C. or later Oxblood vase.
Republic Famille rose.
Qing dynasty Dehua Vase.
Nice catch ? ? ?
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What about the big vase at the back, is that from the fair? It is very nice and if not then what is it. Is it republican?
Yes, I found the big vase at the fair, it has two small chips on the rim, but is otherwise in good condition. It should be a Qianjiang (not sure if you would call or consider that Famille Rose) piece, probably either late Guangxu or early Republic (at least that was my conclusion based on the decoration style and footrim). There is a lot of writing on it, so there might be a date hidden there somewhere (I have not investigated that yet).
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Qianlong sauce boat.
20th C. or later Oxblood vase.
Republic Famille rose.
Qing dynasty Dehua Vase.
Nice catch ? ? ?
Hi Xin_Fawis,
I probably disagree with your assessment of the oxblood vase, but I do know that you're very knowledgeable in regards to the reds, so maybe you're right and it's not old (or at least not as old as I think, I was thinking first half of the 19th century). I will at some point take some better pictures of the footrim, and close-ups of the glaze.
The glaze inside the footrim looks like a slight bluish (almost celadon) glaze, with crackle. The surface of that glaze has <20 small pinhole marks from bubbles that haven't filled in, but not what I would call orange peel.
The porcelain feels very dense and smooth, with an abundance of small pinholes being clearly visible on inspection with a loupe. The outer footrim has been ground down. If you feel around the outer surface of the footrim, you can clearly feel a couple of spots where the glaze is thicker. The foot is not 100% level.
The glaze itself is smooth with very few burst and almost refilled bubbles (there are more visible with a loupe), there are a couple of firing flaws (one of them a pinhole). I've only been able to find a couple of bubbles in the glaze. There is a fine crackle all over the vase. There is light surface wear, most of that is on the "bulb" part of the vase, where there are also a few scrapes and other similar bruises (again, more wear is visible with a loupe). The wear does not look "artificial".
The vase is glossy, but when placed next to my two smaller flambe vases (that are early 19th century) and my kangxi sacrificial blue water sprinkler, the difference in glossyness is rather small, IMO, and could probably be explained by the differences in chemical glaze composition. Or maybe not, I honestly don't know (I think out loud alot, sorry about that).
Anyway...
I was more curious about what you opinion would be of the incised "hat stand" vase? (the round white vase in the middle on the overview picture and on the first 4 pictures of my second picture batch) I've not been able to find any mention of anything similar anywhere I've looked so far. Seems like an insane amount of work for something that is so hard to see! 😀
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Michael, it can be possibly dated by looking at the people. Do you have a close up picture of them, especially the lady?
I will try to take a better picture soon. But as mentioned, these export pieces copied from silver examples are usually only made for a short time (untill something else became fashionable), so finding a similar dated one would probably give a more precise date on manufacture than the facial features can? That was at least my initial thoughts. 🙂
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Thank you Michael for more decription. Would you please post more high definition pictures? I maybe wrong. It's not easy to say just from current pictures.
The hat stand is also from Republic period. I think. No decoration at all ?
Xin
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Thank you Michael for more decription. Would you please post more high definition pictures? I maybe wrong. It's not easy to say just from current pictures.
The hat stand is also from Republic period. I think. No decoration at all ?
Xin
Hi Xin,
The decoration is incised (etched/carved into the porcelain with a chisel or sharp object of some kind), except for the gilted rim there are no traces of painting. I bought it from the same seller who had the sauce boat (also for less than $1!), he thought that the painting was worn off or bleached by the sun, it wasn't untill after I had bought it that I looked at it in a loupe and discovered that it wasn't painted at all. I imagine that if I took some coal dust or similar, I could make the pattern and writing more visible.
~ Decorative Arts, Antiques and Accessories, at Mollari's ~ www.mollaris.com
Thank you Michael for more decription. Would you please post more high definition pictures? I maybe wrong. It's not easy to say just from current pictures.
The hat stand is also from Republic period. I think. No decoration at all ?
Xin
Hi Xin,
The decoration is incised (etched/carved into the porcelain with a chisel or sharp object of some kind), except for the gilted rim there are no traces of painting. I bought it from the same seller who had the sauce boat (also for less than $1!), he thought that the painting was worn off or bleached by the sun, it wasn't untill after I had bought it that I looked at it in a loupe and discovered that it wasn't painted at all. I imagine that if I took some coal dust or similar, I could make the pattern and writing more visible.
I know this type. It's called diamond cut patterns and it's carved really with a diamond pen. Typical Republic technique. Nice buy!
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