Pair of Blue-and-Iron-Red Porcelain Bottle Vases with Dragons and Floral Scrolls

Ceramic

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The Curio Cabinet Collection

Name/Title

Pair of Blue-and-Iron-Red Porcelain Bottle Vases with Dragons and Floral Scrolls

Entry/Object ID

CR0106

Description

Matched pair of Chinese porcelain bottle vases with globular bodies and elongated necks, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and iron red. Iron-red dragons and floral blossoms appear amid dense blue foliate scrollwork, with stylized wave, floral and upright-leaf borders continuing onto the shoulders and necks. Each vase bears the six-character underglaze-blue hall mark 聚順美玉堂製 (Jù Shùn Měi Yù Táng Zhì), a mark documented on Kangxi-period porcelain. The dragon and floral imagery forms an auspicious decorative program associated with power, prosperity and flourishing growth. The pair retains a fitted satin-lined presentation case.

Category

Chinese Painted Porcelain

Made/Created

Artist

Maker presently unidentified

Time Period

20th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Asia

Culture/Tribe

Chinese

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Each bears the six-character underglaze-blue hall mark 聚順美玉堂製 (Jù Shùn Měi Yù Táng Zhì), approximately “Made for the Hall of Gathering Obedience and Beautiful Jade.” This mark is documented on Kangxi-period porcelain; whether the present pair is of Kangxi date or bears a later revival mark remains to be determined.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Vase A

Height

6-1/4 in

Diameter

3-1/2 in

Weight

231 g

Dimension Description

Vase B

Height

6-1/2 in

Diameter

3-1/2 in

Weight

212 g

Accessories

Accessory

Presentation box

Material

Porcelain

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Purchase