Qing Dynasty, 19th century
Enamelled porcelain
21.5 cm. / 8 ½ ins high
The base with old brown collector’s label with letters: ‘DQH ZBN’.
This beautiful enamelled jar, dating to the Qing dynasty in the 19th century, has a short rim and ovoid body and a complex design consisting of two phoenixes flying amidst a field of scrolling peonies. The shoulder is enclosed by cloud bands with a field of scrolling lotus flowers on underglaze blue. A band of striped green and red-tipped leaves decorate the foot rim.
For a related jar from earlier in the Qing period, see a 17th-century Wucai jar...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics