Chinese porcelain Mai-ping form vase, c. 1775-1800

Chinese provincial porcelain trumpet form vase on a flaring foot. This diminutively scaled vase is decorated fully in the round in cobalt under glaze blue with blooming peony bough and a magpie fluttering on a branch. This vignette bears auspicious symbols for beauty, wealth and joy. The peony is the queen of all flowers in China and it symbolizes wealth and beauty. The magpie is a harbinger of happiness, thus its name "bird of happiness." There is a tiny ding on the flared mouth rim and also on the foot ring. The dark spots of various sizes represent ashes that landed on the glaze in the firing process which supports the age of the vase when all porcelain objects were stacked high and fired in a wood kiln. On the underside is a double cobalt ring...

Chinese export porcelain charger hand decorated in cobalt underglaze blue centering on the Willow Tea House landscape. The deep standing rim is detailed with a classic Chinese runnin...

A very nicely decorated vase. The painting is very well done Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Period: 20th century PRoC (1949 - now) Age...

Fabulous japanese earthenware Satsuma Vase of great shape and scene. Taizan Yohei style. Meiji Period It was made into a lamp, there is a hole in the base, a cork in the neck and a b...