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Period: Mid-20th Century
Mid-20th Century Pair of Ceramic Green Enameled Parrots China Export
Located in Brescia, IT
This pair of fancy parrots is very decorative for its green colored enamel and very trendy in an elegant room. The parrots was not restored and there is some signs of the time, but t...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Chinese Calabash Blue and White Vase
Located in London, GB
An antique Chinese blue and white calabash vase. The vase is hand painted with the 'dragon chasing the flaming pearl' motif. Far from the fearsome representation of the dragon in Wes...
Category
Chinese Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Massive 20th Century Oriental Ceramic Foo Dogs or Temple Lions
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A large pair of unique and very decorative 20th century ceramic Imperial Guardian Lions, commonly known as Foo Dogs. Decorated in the Majolica style bright green and yellow toned ove...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Paint
Shiko Shikou Munakata Rare Signed Japanese Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl Signed Box
Located in Studio City, CA
An exceptionally rare, wonderfully designed Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese master woodblock printmaker/ artist Shiko Munakata (1903-1975) who is widely considered to be the most important Japanese visual artist of the 20th century and the Pablo Picasso of Japan. This hand-painted work clearly illustrates Munakata's whimsical side as it is of a Koma - a child's spinning top toy. Very few examples of Munakata's work in ceramics exist still today.
The work is signed by Munakata on the base as well as the original wood protective storage box (his seal can also be seen faintly in the lower-left corner).
The bowl has a small kintsugi or "golden joinery" repair - the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold - on the inside. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
Munakata who is often compared to Picasso was primarily associated with and a principal figure in both the Sosaku-Hanga (which stressed the artist as the sole creator ) and the Mingei (folk art) movements. His many accolades and awards include the "Prize of Excellence" at the Second International Print Exhibition in Lugano, Switzerland in 1952, and first prize at the São Paulo Bienal Exhibition in Brazil in 1955, followed by the Grand Prix Award at the Venice Biennale in 1956, and the Order of Cultural Merit, the highest honor in the arts by the Japanese government in 1970. In 1960 after returning from a year abroad exhibiting his work in the United States, the Horinji Temple in Kyoto bestowed upon him the honorary rank of “Hokkyo”. In 1962, he received the rank of “Hogan” from Nisseki Temple in Toyama prefecture. He also received a Medal of Honor in 1963 and the Asahi Shimbun culture prize in 1965.
Munakata's work can be found in numerous international collections and museums including:
The Britsih Museum, UK
The Chicago Art Institute
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), NY
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), Washington DC
Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis
And his own museum The Munakata Shiko...
Category
Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Unique & Large Japanese Oribe-ware Chair by Suzuki Gorô
By Goro Suzuki 1
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Important and rare Japanese irregular shaped ceramic Oribe-ware chair with various designs in orange, white and black colours by the famous Japanese ceramist Suzuki Gorô...
Category
Japanese Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Natural Agate Stone Snuff Bottle Hand Carved with Spoon Top, circa 1940
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Chinese Export snuff bottle, complete with its spoon top and made from a natural agate, hand carved stone, having lovely amber colors, which we date to the first ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Agate
20th Century, Chinese Porcelain Plates
Located in Miami, FL
20th century, Chinese porcelain plates
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Aote Kutani Phoenix Censer, Koro, Showa Era, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic Japanese Aote type Kutani incense burner, koro, in the form a phoenix, Showa era, circa 1930's, Japan.
The censer, koro, gracefull...
Category
Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Ceramic Vases Early 20th Century
Located in BILBAO, ES
Chinese Ceramic vases mid XX century with option for electricity and convert them in lamps.
Beautiful pieces for central decor of living room or main reception area.
Beautiful Cora...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Raku Blue and Grey Ceramic Vase Stamped with Monogram
Located in Kastrup, DK
Japanese artist.
Raku-fired ceramic vase.
Glaze in shades of blue and gray.
Stamped with monogram at the bottom.
A beautiful and decorative vase.
Japan, 1930-1950.
Year: 1930...
Category
Japanese Modern Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Large Japanese Satsuma Covered Vase, Showa Period, Mid 20th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very large and exuberantly decorated Japanese Satsuma millefleur covered vase, marked Satsuma, Showa period, mid 20th century, Japan.
The large vase of attractive baluster form, with a slightly splayed foot, narrow waist, and tapered body with high shoulders and short neck. The vase topped by a domed cover with a large finial shaped like a hoju, the wish fulfilling jewel.
The vase decorated all over in a dense field of flowering blossoms - peony, lotus, and chrysanthemum - in a design known as millefleur, or a thousand flowers. The flowers freely and cheerfully painted in various colors of red, white, orange, green, blue and yellow, with raised white enamels...
Category
Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Tall Prem Collection Soft Blue Glazed Artisan Ceramic Vase with Flaring Neck
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Prem Collection blue glazed artisan ceramic vase from the mid 20th century with flaring neck and crooked silhouette. Created in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand during the Midce...
Category
Thai Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Chinese Vintage Altar Vase with Grey Crackle Finish and Flaring Neck
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage extra large grey altar vase from the mid 20th century, with crackle finish. Created in China during the midcentury period, this extra large vase features a flaring ...
Category
Chinese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Vintage Indonesian Pottery Vase from Madura with Distressed Brown Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large vintage Indonesian pottery vase from Madura, with distressed brown and black patina. Created in Madura off of the northeastern coast of Java during the midcentury period, thi...
Category
Indonesian Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Oxblood Glazed Chinese Altar Vases with Unglazed Rims, Sold Individually
Located in Yonkers, NY
Our vintage oxblood glazed colored altar vases from the mid 20th century make for striking additions to our vast collection of antique and vintage vases...
Category
Chinese Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Turkish Ottoman Scene Polychrome Hand Painted Ceramic Vase Kutahya
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A small Kütahya style polychrome hand painted and handcrafted glazed ceramic decorative vase with an Ottoman scene.
This is an intricately, hand painted vase that was made in Marmara, Turkey:
Kütahya is famous for its kiln products, such as tiles and pottery, which are glazed and multicolored.
It has a beautifully hand painted scene with Ottomans princes enjoying the outdoors, surrounded by flowers in burgundy, turquoise, light and dark blue and green foliage.
An Islamic ceramic...
Category
Turkish Moorish Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Foal Figure in Ceramic by Knud Kyhn
Located in Berlin, BE
Foal Figure in ceramic by Knud Kyhn
Foal figure of stoneware from Royal Copenhagen.
Additional information:
Material: Ceramic
Artist: Knud Kyhn
Size: 20 W X 12.5 D X 16.5 H cm.
Category
European Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Vintage Ceramic Pedestal Stand with Hand-Painted Calligraphy and Figures
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Chinese blue glazed ceramic pedestal from the mid 20th century, with calligraphy and male figures in landscapes. Created in China during the mid-century period, this pedest...
Category
Chinese Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1960s, Japanase Ikebana Studio Pottery Vase
Located in London, GB
A 1960s Japanase ikebana studio pottery vase.
Star form panels with central cylinder vase with vertical grooves finished in an off-white and green glaze.
'Made in Japan' stamp to base.
Ikebana ("arranging flowers" or "making flowers alive") is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.[ It is also known as kado ( "way of flowers"). The tradition dates back to Heian period...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Large Pair of Early 20th Century Chinese Export Polychrome Porcelain Roosters
Located in Bradenton, FL
A wonderful pair of porcelain Chinese export models of roosters. A mirror-image pair of finely modeled porcelain roosters in polychrome glaze; each with great detail seen in their he...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Stoneware Sculpture of Boy with Bear in Ceramic by Knud Kyhn
Located in Berlin, BE
Stoneware Sculpture of Boy with Bear in ceramic by Knud Kyhn
Stoneware sculpture of boy with bear from Royal Copenhagen.
Additional information:...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Rosanjin Kitaoji Signed Shino Ware Chawan Tea Bowl Original Sealed Signed Box
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous Shino ware pottery Chawan tea bowl by Japanese master potter Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959) who was arguably one of if not the gr...
Category
Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Ceramic Teapot Elephant shape Celadon Glaze, Mid 20th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese handcrafted ceramic teapot with an elephant shape and a celadon glaze, which we date to the 20th century, circa 1930s.
The Teapot is handcrafted of a heavy ceram...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Porcelain Comport Sang-de-boeuf mottled red monochrome, Ca 1940
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese Export Comport on a footed base, with a monochrome ox blood red "Sang-de-boeuf" glaze, with a beautiful mottled glaze, which we date to the mid 20th...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Showa Period Tall Cream Ground Cloisonne Vase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Showa period tall cream ground cloisonne vase, with two orchids and four spikey leaves, Japanese, mid 20th century.
Category
Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Prem Collection Soft Blue Glazed Artisan Ceramic Vase with Flaring Neck
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Prem Collection blue glazed artisan ceramic vase from the mid 20th century with flaring neck. Created in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand during the Midcentury period, this larg...
Category
Thai Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japan, Set of Two Japanese Vases for Flower Arrangement, Ikebana
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare ceramic set of hand made vases Japanese flower arrangements. Very attractive even without flowers.
Hand made, hand painted and signed by the ar...
Category
Japanese Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Foo Dogs Hand Carved Hardstone Good Colour and Detail, Ca 1940
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a very good pair of antique Chinese foo or lion dogs, sometimes called temple lions made of a hardstone, hand carved with fine detail and polished, dating to the mid 20th c...
Category
Chinese Qing Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Stone
Hermelin Figure in Ceramic by Knud Kyhn
Located in Berlin, BE
Hermelin figure in ceramic by Knud Kyhn
Hermelin figure of stoneware from Royal Copenhagen.
Additional information:
Material: Ceramic
Artist: Knud Kyhn
Size: 16 W x 11.5 D x...
Category
European Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Exquisite Hand Painted Japanese Satsuma Lidded Bowl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exquisite Hand Painted Japanese Satsuma Lidded Bowl
A stunning lidded Japanese Satsuma bowl, likely Meiji period, completely hand painted inside and out. This could be used on your ...
Category
Japanese Anglo-Japanese Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
First Half 20th Century Chinese Powder Blue Ginger Jar Lamp
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine powder blue monochrome porcelain jar/lamp was made circa 1940 and mounted in gilded fittings at the time from a 20th-century ginger jar. The jar may be older or it may be o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Porcelain Vase, Japan Mid 20th Century
Located in Bochum, NRW
Large porcelain vase, Japan, mid 20th century. Richly decorated with flowers and birds. Enhanced with moriage enamel accents. Hand-painted. Good over al...
Category
Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Sang De Boeuf, Ormolu Mounted Vase, by Rookwood 1936, Now as a Lamp, Dark Glaze
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sang de Boeuf, Ormolu Mounted Vase, by Rookwood Pottery 1936, now as a Lamp, Light Glaze
Beautiful glazed vase raised on four ormolu elegant paw feet, attributed to E.F. Caldwell (O...
Category
American Chinese Export Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ormolu
Japanese Signed Polychrome Ceramic Pottery Plate, Showa Period
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully decorated, hand painted Japanese plate.
From a collection of Japanese art, pottery, and artifacts.
Signed or stamped o...
Category
Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Squared Fantail Vases with Egrets Beneath Lotus
Located in Chicago, IL
Defined by angular shoulders and a flared lip, this pair of tall porcelain vases offer a charming variation of the classic Chinese phoenix-tail vase form. Each vase is patterned with...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Abstract Terracotta Blue Glazed Figural Sculptural Vase
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-1117 Scandinavian blue glazed terracotta abstract sculptural vase.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Ceramic Pickling Jar Jade Green, c. 1950
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This glazed Chinese ceramic jar was once used for pickling foods. It features a jade green finish and outer surface that features a ribbed texture. A great example of Chinese pottery...
Category
Chinese Qing Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Vase
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Mid-Century Modern art studio pottery vase with luster glaze on diminutive tripod legs.
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Showa Period Rich Cream Ground Musen Cloisonne Enamel Vase by Ando
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Showa period rich cream ground musen cloisonne enamel vase with Mount Fuji by Ando, the snowy mountain rising above stands of fir trees, with impressed wire Ando mark. Japanese, ci...
Category
Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Shoji Hamada Mingei Kakiyu Kaki Glaze Vase with Original Signed and Sealed Box
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisite, beautifully crafted, and designed gourd vase by master Japanese potter Shoji Hamada, which features a fine example of his famed rich Kaki or persimmon glaze. The original Hamada stamped/sealed and signed box is included. Rare to find such a beautiful piece in such impeccable condition with its original signed box. Hamada named this vase Kaki-Yu-Kabin (flower vase with Kakiyu glaze).
A very rare form. One Japanese ceramic dealer whom we know said he had only seen one or two other examples like this by Hamada before.
This work is sure to shine in any Japanese pottery/art collection or setting.
Shoji Hamada was designated a Living National Treasure in Japan in 1955. In 1968 he received Japan's highest artistic award the Order of Culture. His work can be found in collections and museums worldwide including Tokyo’s Japan Folk Art Museum and The Tate Museum...
Category
Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain Palace Jar, circa 1960 with Phoenix Motif
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Chinese palace jar from the mid-20th century, handmade and painted on porcelain and topped with an animal figure. This tall jar features a phoenix...
Category
Chinese Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Satsuma Vase with Figures
Located in Antwerp, BE
A mid-20th century Japanese Satsuma vase with figures.
Satsuma ware is a style of Japanese earthenware originally from the Satsuma region of what is today southern Kyushu. There are two distinct categories of this ware: The original plain dark clay early Satsuma...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Turquoise Dayazhai Style Double Lozenge Jardiniere, Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A finely painted Chinese Dayazhai style turquoise glazed double lozenge shaped porcelain jardiniere and underplate with grisaille and gilt decoration,...
Category
Asian Qing Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Showa Period Green Ground Cloisonne Vase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Showa period green ground cloisonne vase, with two white and pink orchids, chrome mounts. Attributed to Ando. Japanese, circa 1950.
Category
Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Midcentury Stoneware Foo Dogs / Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice pair of vintage tan, cream and blue foo dogs, circa 1970s. Excellent condition and patina; the pair is made of pottery and would make great b...
Category
Chinese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Ceramic Shiwan Tea Dispenser Jar with Engraved Characters, c. 1950
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This lidded container of earthenware features a green glaze, known as 'Shiwan Ware' from China's Shiwanzhen district near Guangdong. It was originally used as a tea dispenser hence the small hole on its lower front side. The engraved characters on the front side directly translate to "clear tea" and are placed within an engraved frame. The jar green glaze fluctuates under various lighting conditions. A dispensing jar such as this one is rare and far less abundant than other more abundant Shiwan ware jars such as medicine jars...
Category
Chinese Other Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Vintage Porcelain Low Squat Planter with Verde Glaze and Aged Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage porcelain low squat planter from the mid 20th century, with verde glaze. Created in China during the midcentury period, this low squat planter charms us with its ge...
Category
Chinese Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Vintage Large Porcelain Platter with Oxblood Color
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Chinese vintage porcelain platter from the mid-20th century, with oxblood color. Created in China during the mid-century period, this...
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Chinese Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Hand Painted Vintage Japanese Sake Bottle
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully shaped and glazed hand painted Japanese sake bottle with gorgeous calligraphy. A wonderful shelf piece.
Japan, circa 1960.
CR1006a.
Category
Japanese Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Life-Size Italian Black and White Great Dane Dog Ceramic Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
A majestic pair of Mid-Century Modern Italian life-size black and white ceramic Great Dane dogs depicted in two different seated stances on black ba...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Porcelain Plate Famille Rose Hand Painted Figures, Circa 1940s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Chinese Export porcelain Plate which has been beautifully hand enamelled, over-glaze, in the Famille Rose palette with excellent detail, dating to Circa 1940.
The mai...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of mid 20th century Chinese cloisonné over ceramic vases. This fun and whimsical pair depicts carp fish in a water scene with possible lotus leaf or lily pad and other water cre...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Japanese Vintage Artistic Satsuma Vase in Decorated Ceramic
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Refined polychrome ceramic vase Japanese, 1960s. Beautiful Satsuma decoration with flowers and characters. Ideal for decorating an Asian Style home.
Category
Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Early 20th Century Porcelain of Chinese Religious Figure, Zhongli Quan
Located in Chicago, IL
This figurine is of one of the Eight Daoist (Taoist) Immortals - "Ba xian."
The eight immortals are a group of legendary, semi-historical beings in both religious Daoism and popular...
Category
Chinese Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Japanese Vintage Artistic Satsuma Vase in Decorated Ceramic
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Refined polychrome ceramic vase Japanese, 1960s. Beautiful Satsuma decoration with characters. Ideal for decorating an Asian Style home.
Category
Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Round Brass Container with Removable Ceramic Painted Chinoiserie Crane Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Round ceramic and brass container with a brass bottom and removable lid with ceramic top. Top features a blue and white ceramic or porcelain lid with floral hand-painted and glazed d...
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Striking Cloisonné Enamel Vase by Ota Hiroaki
By Ota Hiroaki
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A striking cloisonné enamel vase with gold and green gin-bari decoration by Ota Hiroaki, the body with a continuous frieze of scrolling green leaves and flowerheads on a white ground...
Category
Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vase from Modern Official Kiln
Located in Atlanta, GA
Dubbed as production of the "Chinese Modern Official Kiln", a small group of porcelains of the highest standard were produced in Jingdezhen from 1962-1967, The production was aimed as a revival of the Chinese porcelain after the foundation of the Republic in 1949 in order to serve the purpose of decorating the meeting halls for the newly renewed diplomatic relations around the globe. The best available materials and artists, including the painters and potters, were employed to achieve a high quality that rivaled the pieces produced during the pinnacle years in the porcelain production in the previous Qing dynasty. Due to the breakout of the Cultural Revolution, most of the pieces failed to be used as intended. Most if not all signatures, such as found on this vase, were added later as a hallmark to distinguish them. "Zhong Nai Hai Huai Ren Tang Treasures Porcelain Research Bureau year of 1962". Zhong Nai Hai is the residential and working compound for Chinese political elites in Beijing and Huai Ren Hall being an important meeting hall.
The pieces from "Modern Official Kiln" ubiquitously showcase perfectly balanced forms with precision in symmetry. The use of very high quality Gaolin clay resulted in a semi translucent body, often quite thinly potted. The superbly underglaze paint were sandwiched between a pre-applied glaze and then an overglaze, and the elaborate designs were drawn by master painters. Often, there is a hidden red Chinese National Emblem on the interior wall. These features were all well reflected in this piece. The decoration of the blue paint on the vase is of a classic regal composition and the cobalt blue is of a vivid radiating color. Blooming peonies, an old laurel tree with blossom and scholar rocks provide the background and anchor for a pair of peasants. One raises its head to crow while the other one looks down. These motifs are commonly found in classic Chinese scroll paintings, a genre called "Flower and Bird Painting". On the back of the vase, there are Chairman Mao's head portrait watermarked in the glaze as well as a cursive poem with a collection number as shown.
For a pair of blue and white vase of the same production, see sale by Singapore International Auction PTE ltd on July 21st, 2019 lot 2014.
For a pair of blue and white urns...
Category
Chinese Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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