Pair Of Chinese Blue White Vases, China Qing Dynasty

Porcelain vase with polychrome decoration with gilt highlights of figures in a garden. Marked under the base. 19th century China.

Large Meiping-shaped porcelain vase with underglaze blue decoration of a dragon pursuing the sacred pearl. This rotating decoration of the dragon over the entire body of the vase was...

Pair of suantouping (garlic head) vases in white-covered sandstone. Some frittings otherwise in very good condition ! China, 17th century or earlier.

Porcelain dish decorated in blue and iron red with gilt highlights of flowers and landscapes. A chip barely visible otherwise superb state of preservation. Diameter 39cm. Marked with...

Large polylobed porcelain bowl with polychrome decoration with gold highlights of figures in a garden. Note that on the photos one might think that there are chips on the border but they are in reality traces of gilding. A tiny hair of 1 centimeter visible on the inside, otherwise perfect condition ! China Tongzhi...

Porcelain cup with Famille Rose enamels decorated with phoenix. The cup, Chinese from the Yongzheng period, was very early mounted in bronze in France, explaining its perfect state o...

This beautiful pair of blue and white Chinese porcelain jars was made circa 1875 during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor. They are hand-painted in exquisite cobalt blue and are magni...

Chinese Qing dynasty Jiaqing period porcelain vase with green glazed floral elements and scroll designs on a rich black glaze ground. Featuring bright yellow dragon...

A magnificent and large pair of 19th century Qing Dynasty Chinese blue and white porcelain vases mounted as lamps. Each i...

A Magnificent and Large Pair of 19th Century Qing Dynasty Chinese blue and white porcelain vases mounted as lamps. Each i...

A large and rare antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Blue & White Porcelain Rouleau dragon vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722), the vase dating to the late 1600s. The vase of slightly tapered ...

Faux bamboo Chinese vases were a type of decorative art that emerged during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) in China. These porcelain vases were designed to mimic the appearance of bamboo, a plant highly regarded in Chinese culture for its resilience, elegance, and symbolism. Bamboo is associated with attributes such as flexibility, strength, and modesty, making it a popular motif in Chinese art. In the Qing Dynasty the color yellow held significant symbolism and represented imperial authority, power, and the emperor himself. Yellow was considered the most sacred and prestigious color in Chinese culture, and it had strong associations with the emperor's position as the Son of Heaven and the ruler of all under heaven. The marks at the bottom of the vases indicate that these were crafted more specifically during the Tongzhi period – an emperor who reigned from 1861 to 1875, which effectively lasted nthrough his adolescence and was largly overshadowed by the rule of his mother, Empress Dowager Cixi. Although he had little influence over state affairs, the events of his reign gave rise to what historians call the “Tongzhi Restoration”, an unsuccessful modernization program. The polychrome enamels representing on one vase a traditional Chinese kite...