Chinese White and Multicolor Floral and Vine Motif Meiping Porcelain Urn

Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) off-white porcelain vase with an urn form decorated in a navy blue vine and floral motifs and bold characters on 4 sides.  

Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) off-white porcelain vase with an urn form decorated in a light blue, delicate vine and floral motifs and bold characters on 4 sides.  

Chinese porcelain urn painted with a blue and white floral background surrounding a center square with a floral arrangement, feathers along the neck in varying shades of blue, and ge...

Antique Chinese (late 19th century) large porcelain urn with blue spotted deer amid florals on an off-white background and two navy scrolled handl...

Chinese porcelain urn painted with a blue and white floral background surrounding a center white oval with bold markings, dark blue feathers along the neck, and geometric patterned b...

Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) white porcelain urn decorated with an all-over blue vine and flower patterned ground, surrounding spaced bold, blue characters.  

Chinese blue-and-white porcelain has inspired ceramists worldwide since cobalt was first introduced to China from the Middle East thousands of years ago. Made in Beijing, this contem...

Striking pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain urns with cat lid handles and ambitiously hand decorated with aquatic fauna and flora having a rare touch of whimsy.

Meiping vases were traditionally used to hold the branches of plum trees, celebrated in China as symbols of strength. This contemporary update made in Jia...

Meiping vases were traditionally used to hold the branches of plum trees, celebrated in China as symbols of strength. This contemporary update made in Jiangxi province streamlines th...

Meiping vases were traditionally used to hold the branches of plum trees, celebrated in China as symbols of strength. This contemporary update made in Jiangxi province streamlines th...

A large and powerful Chinese famille rose enameled porcelain "Five Dragon" meiping vase, modern, China. The oversized vase of traditional meiping form, with a splayed foot supporting a baluster shaped body with high shoulders, short, narrow neck, and rolled mouth rim. The large vase decorated with five dragons molded in relief. Their bodies painted in vibrant overglaze famille rose enamels of reds, greens, yellows and turquoise. The dragons portrayed dancing in the sky among flames and clouds. Their bodies twisting and writhing, claws extended, tails coiled, some with mouths open in triumphant roars. The main dragon in red, and portrayed to more directly face the viewer. The dragons dance against a white ground sky. The blank sky broken up by overglaze red painted stylized clouds and flames. The foot decorated with a band of crashing waves. A stylized lotus blossom surrounds the base of the neck. The neck with a band of scrolling flowers and vines against a yellow ground. The underside of the large vase with an apocryphal "Da Qing Qianlong Nian Zhi...