Republic of China Period Chinese Porcelain Fabled Creatures Tongping

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Chinese porcelain fabled creatures tongping, a sleeve form vase with a flared rim, gilt lip, white glazed exterior, interior and … Read more Chinese porcelain fabled creatures tongping, a sleeve form vase with a flared rim, gilt lip, white glazed exterior, interior and inset base. The artwork is done in a grisaille style with gold highlights. The neck has two scalloped cartouches depicting birds and flowers, surrounded by many different flowers, bracketed at the rim by a band of Ru Yi lappets and at its flange below by a band of eight floral medallions within a dense net of curling vines. The front of the vase has a large, scalloped cartouche with a finely drawn fenghuang amid clouds and a qilin in a walled garden with plants, a scholar's rock and two of the Eight Buddhist Treasures. The back of the vase has a similar cartouche with a five clawed dragon chasing the pearl of wisdom amid clouds and an ocean carp rising above the frothy spumes of ocean waves. The sides have a fan shaped cartouche above and a scalloped cartouche below, depicting birds, plants and insects. All six cartouches on the body of the vase are surrounded by myriad different flowers, bracketed at the top of the body by a band of floral Ru Yi lappets, and by a larger band of lappets at the foot. A blue, six character, Jiaqing reign mark is glazed to the inset base. The finely carved, traditional, Chinese, hongmu stand is included. Circa Republic of China period or earlier.

vase: 19.25" high x 7.9" diameter

stand: 2" high x 8" diameter. See less