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Jan 02, 2012
 painting style and pits
by: James

Peter, thank you very much for your info. I was wondering if you could give me your assessment on the painting style. 2 of the figures pictured are reasonably viewable and you have emphasize the eyes in the past. Any comments on that?

Another unusual aspect is the the many tiny pits, which certainly excludes it from being made from and pass the high quality standards of an imperial kiln, but still possible from a civilian kiln.

Much appreciate your thoughtful analysis:)
Dec 30, 2011
 vase
by: peter

James,
You are in a better position to tell if it is a genuine Kangxi antique, you have access to the actual item, I assume. And, I trust you have the knowledge.
However, I doubt it is of the Kangxi period. As I said, the vase shape is mostr they frequently found in late Qing dynasty and republic.
And, the Kangxi mark looks exactly like the six character Kangxi marks used on export porcelain during the Guangxu period.
That time was a sort of porcelain revival time during which huge amounts of porcelain of earlier reigns were copied. I just recently obtained a B/W vase that is painted in Kangxi style but which is from the Guangxu reign (color not as good as yours).
What I would like to mention is that the tone of the underglaze blue in these pictures doesn't seem to be of the Yanglan color tone (much of the blue color used in the late Qing dynasty were chemical, not mineral pigments). Yours is likely made with mineral pigment; this could make it a bit earlier, but still 19th century, I would assume. The foot rim also looks typical for that time.

All in all, this vase looks very attractive.
BTW, I could only see the characters on the neck clearly. The character style for that part is all right.
Dec 29, 2011
 more pictures
by: James

I would like to upload more pictures but I'm not sure exactly how? Do I submit another post? I'll see if I can get more close-ups of foot rim, mouth rim and bottom marking. The writings seem all to be traditional style.


James,
Yes, you can use another submission, I may then merge the two. A similar title would be appreciated, so that the posts can easily be identified.
The alternative would be to upload to Photobucket, Picasa or a similar site and post the link. This way it would be possible to use larger sized pictures with high resolution.
Unfortunately, the image size is reduced on this server.

Peter
Dec 29, 2011
 vase
by: peter

Hi James,
Looks very intriguing. Clear pictures of bottom and foot rim (closeup), and features of face and eyes would be essential. I assume that there is a Ruyi decoration band at the top rim?
Are there are any age signs just inside the mouth/neck?

To me it seems the vase has a shape popular in the late Qing and republic period.

If you have high resolution pictures, you could post them on Photobucket and send/post the link for better viewing.
I could check the characters for you. We do that here because with new or fake items they sometimes inadvertently use simplified characters (used in present day China) instead those used on antiques.

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