Large Chinese Porcelain Gongshi Garden Haitangzun

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Large Chinese porcelain gongshi garden haitangzun, a large, finely formed, floor vase with a white glazed exterior, interior and inset … Read more Large Chinese porcelain gongshi garden haitangzun, a large, finely formed, floor vase with a white glazed exterior, interior and inset base. The vase is decorated with two, polychrome, close matching, ornate, longevity rock garden scenes with dense groupings of peonies, lotuses, palm fronds, and copious branching leaves and flowers, and butterflies above. The main decorative motif on the body of the vase is simplified and repeated around the neck. The shoulder of the vase is decorated with four cartouches, quartered within a wide band, consisting of a purple fish and a shrimp amid polychrome pond flora, alternating with large, ornate Ru Yi lappets on a polychrome, floral ground; just below, a band of large, floral, Ru Yi lappets alternates with fleur-de-lys with white, Buddhist roses. The large, convex ring around the bottom of the vase, just above the plain, short, extended foot, is decorated with polychrome, Ru Yi lappets with Taoist symbols. Blue, Kangxi era, double circles are glazed to the inset base. The finely carved, traditional, Chinese, hongmu circular stand is included. Circa Republic of China era or later.


vase: 18.5" high x 13.9" diameter

stand: 7.5" high x 14.75" diameter See less