Tillamook, OR
Details
- Dimensions
- 14.5ʺW × 14.5ʺD × 21.62ʺH
- Styles
- Chinese
- Traditional
- Period
- Early 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- China
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Porcelain
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- White
- Condition Notes
- A few, small, scattered, kiln maculae are seen, as made, the stand has a few small scratches and losses, excellent … moreA few, small, scattered, kiln maculae are seen, as made, the stand has a few small scratches and losses, excellent vintage condition. less
- Description
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Large Chinese porcelain goldfish guanyinzun, a finely formed, stoutly potted, baluster shape vase with denglong-head handles, a polychrome glazed exterior …
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Large Chinese porcelain goldfish guanyinzun, a finely formed, stoutly potted, baluster shape vase with denglong-head handles, a polychrome glazed exterior and a white glazed interior and inset base. Myriad, diverse, orange goldfish, frolicking amid amid a dense assortment of various aquatic plants and seaweeds, are a finely painted on the body of the vase. Four, finely carved and painted, green beast-head, rope handles are quartered on the shoulder of the vase. Branching, leafy, floral, polychrome, vine medallions are quartered on the neck, and a band of green chevrons with alternating, polychrome, floral accents decorates the upper shoulder. The foot is accented with a band that repeats the decoration of the upper shoulder, with a band of slim, green quatrefoils and red flowers in a dense, diagonal lattice. A black and turquoise, beribboned, solid lozenge, symbol mark is glazed to the inset base. The large, finely carved, traditional, Chinese, hongmu, circular stand is included. Circa Republic of China era, no later than mid century.
vase: 18.375" high x 13" diameter
stand: 3.75" high x 14.5" diameter
solid lozenge: or also mirror, symbolizes unbroken conjugal happiness, counteracts evil and is one of the Taoist, "Eight Precious Objects" (jewel, coin, open lozenge, solid lozenge, musical chime, pair of books, pair of horns, artemisa leaf)
goldfish in a pond: goldfish (jin+yu) also means gold and jade; pond (tang) also means hall. Talismanic power: May your household be filled with gold and jade.
denglong: one of the sons of the Dragon King, a guardian less
Tillamook, OR
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