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LAST QUESTION IF NOT TOO DIFFICULT
by: Stewart

thankyou for that long commentary Peter.
Would you be able to give a short guess, as to when this vase might date from then?
Stewart.
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by: peter

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The red color in your current picture is wholly different from the earlier one. This one looks more like copper, the former one looks like "rouge", a color more common later in the Qing dynasty. From that picture I would have thought it is either iron based or chemical. Not sure with this one. The tone of the red has little to do with the grains, etc.. It is related to oxidation, which is difficult to control, leading to all kind of variations in red, brown, green, even purple, but not the color tone in your previous post.

>>I have read that this feature is characteristic >>of genuine Kangxi porcelain.
I don't think this is indicative of Kangxi porcelain. This existed in many eras, during most of the 18th century this was not visible at all. By itself it cannot be used as a sign that an item is Kangxi period.

Work quality: I gave you the link to Sotheby's item only to compare workmanship. You should be able to find pictures on major museum websites like the palace museum, etc. of the same vase. And I believe this specific type of vase was not made in private kilns. Look at the museum samples and also compare the white glaze.
Have you ever seen Qing dynasty imperial porcelain close up? The work of your item would be much too crude for imperial ware, I think. It is too simplified as with many later items.
Shape: With those I have seen the neck looks shorter than yours, but the body shape is also slightly different. Generally, they have a relatively larger diameter below and a and a less rounded shoulder.
Mark: I mentioned that I think this vase would be imperial or at least of the same quality if authentic. As such I would expect the blue tone of the mark to be slightly different. The color might be right for a private kiln item, though. The use of reign marks by private kilns was not allowed during the later Kangxi dynasty. And one character had a slightly different stroke on imperial items.
I'm sorry, but I am not going to go into details regarding that. Mark details are just talking, without understanding the implications, for most collectors. That requires basic knowledge of Chinese writing/character strokes, which (according to a specific experience I made in this view) even some western employees of top auction houses do not have.

Just my personal opinion.

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