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This vase was on my watch list for several years. Now I grabbed the opportunity to get it with a discount. Just arrived, hasn't been cleaned yet, and the pictures are not really good as I took them with my smart phone. Sorry the pictures got jumbled at uploading.
The vase is 16,5" (42 cm) high. It was painted around 1920 in my opinion. What looked like European clothes to the seller are in fact early Republic Chinese clothes that were worn at the time the vase was made (see first picture).
The seller even enclosed a hand painted picture of the vase!
They have a second vase that's very similar, though they say 19h century:
Birgit
What an interesting vase! The base looks good for around 1920 and the wear on the handles, the people would have confused me though.
I wonder if this is an urban version of the typical, traditionally dressed garden scene depictions. That would explain the more modern dress and why it seems unusual - we don't see it often. I am not sure I ever have. I particularly like the way the pillar of the gate is drawn in the style of the usual palm-like tree.
A really interesting piece! You must be very pleased with it. Congratulations. 😊
Hi Birgit -
‘If something is meant to come to you, it will’ ...
The image showing the interior base is a insightful example of natural accumulation of dust/dirt ...
Congratulations on acquiring ...
Stuart
@shinigami Congratulations on your vase, it must have been a lovely surprise to also receive a painting. Best, Sharon
A very nice vase! Are you familiar with www.koh-antiques.com?
I use them as a resource for qianjiang porcelains, but the history they provided on the website talks about the change in color palettes of qianjiang porcelain from yancai to 'new' fencai.
Honestly, I'm not sure that I have ever come across any example of 'new' fencai in my travels, I believe your vase can be correctly describes as 'new' fencai, and the rendering is quite specatular.
It would not surprise me to learn that ten years from now, your vase is suitable for a major auction house - I think it is that rare. Maybe sooner!
The second vase is good, but falls way short in comparison to your treasure.
@greeno107 Would you be willing to describe in more detail what distinguishes the differences in quality of the two vases? How does the second one fall way short in your estimation? Thanks! John
@johnshoe Sure. The background is more inline with the 'new' fencai style, showing period architecture and overall brilliant enamel work.
Now, permit me to walk back my criticism (a bit) of the second vase's decoration. The clothing is really nice in design and color, but the willow garden scene with the round window, and foo dog handles are very Qing style, so the vase takes two step forward, and two steps back.
Of course, this is just my opinion
Let me add...
If you look at the artistry from a Qing highly detailed and/or symbolic perspective, the 'new' fencai will dissapoint. But similarly, if you were to compare Picasso to Leonardo da Vinci from a realism perspective, you'd encounter the same dissapointment.
I think when evaluating 'new' fencai, or any new art, the abilty to be beautiful as well as original is the key to future success.
Birgit,
Very nice vase seems your patience and research has really paid off. On the clothing if you look at old photographs or movies of Shanghai from the 1920's and 1930's you will notice how up to date the very rich were in their costume. Shanghai was one of the richest places in the world at this time, all the great fashion houses and Jewelers had offices or shops in Shanghai. Sometimes at the end of Peters video's he shows footage from this period and all the fine ladies shown are wearing costume's just like in your fine vase.
Michael
Thank you all for your favorable comments. I first saw this vase maybe 5 years ago and it was on and off from my watch list several times since. I liked it but found the subject rather unusual. As I got more acquainted with Republic painting style I got more interested and then I found this timeline of Chinese clothes and realized it wasn’t European clothes depicted on the vase as I had thought before.
@ming1449 You’re right Stuart, there was the dust and dirt of a century on the bottom and it fell on my carpet when I did the underside picture 🙃
@greeno107 Thank you so much for mentioning the color scheme and describing the difference between both vases in a truly artist‘s way. I personally had only noticed the hairline and found the faces of the people on vase 2 a bit less appealing.
https://ninchanese.com/blog/2013/06/18/ancient-chinese-fashion-women-timeline/?amp=1
Birgit
Hi Birgit,
A beautiful vase you bought. I think it's the better of the two. I believe they were both made by the same artist/factory. The style of the calligraphy looks very similar.
Thank you sharing both your vase and the period description of clothing.
A brief description from koh-antique on fencai enamel.
Congratulations Birgit!
What a lovely and unusual piece. And the drawing of the vase, as a sort of gift card, has me gobsmacked. I’ve never encountered anything like that before. Are you able to date the drawing somehow? And the origin? German or Austrian? Maybe there was a gift shop in Vienna or somewhere that had an artist draw each vase on a card, to be included with the purchase? What a great idea.
Todd
take it with a grain of salt
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