Chinese double gourd porcelain vase, 18th c.

green glazed multi-lobed double gourd vase

3in(D) x 3in(W) x 5.9in(H) are the dimensions of the vase without the wooden base; wooden base is NOT included with this item

This porcelain double gourd vase is a wonderful decorative object realized by a Japanese artist during the Edo period in the early 19th century. Painted with polychrome enamels, it shows on the body a bottom with alveoli on which Stand circular reserves decorated with real and fantastic animals seems to reproduce the zodiac signs. Furthermore, the original blanket is decorated with small sloping triangles and three bands with geometric and floral decorations. At the center of the base "Kutani Fuku" the relief mark. Provenance: Sotheby's Auction, Olympia London, April 23, 2002, lot 254; Private collection, Milan. Certainly, it is a sophisticated piece, with a singular Silhouette, a vase of good luck to propitiate a good year...

A garlic bottle vase in an archaic Chinese form, but likely Japanese in origin. Several circumventing grooves however, suggest a more modern age. It was done in a brilliant purple glaze over a robin egg blue background glaze. The bubbling and bursting effects during the firing renders the surface an artistic spotting effect. The color pallet recalls the Classic Jun Yao...