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The vase is of bulbous form and is decorated with three women and a boy in a garden setting with plantain trees and rocks. There is a spurious six character Chenghua mark to the base. There is a later European rococo style silver neck mount and cover which is probably Dutch 18th century. It is marked D.G. and has an indistinct mark which could be a staff.
9.5cm wide, 10.5cm high, 15.5cm high (including cover)
The vase has been cut down and its neck has been removed and replaced with the silver mount and cover. It was probably originally designed as a water sprinkler. There are some minor glaze imperfections and the silver cover is tarnished.
In the early Kangxi Period (1662-1722) official reign marks of the Emperor were prohibited on porcelain. Potters instead used good luck symbols and earlier reign marks to mark their wares. In this case, an earlier reign mark of the Chenghua Emperor has been used on a later piece.
AA46-1
© 2012-24 Harry Douglas-Hamilton – Specialist in Chinese, Japanese and Oriental art, based in Edinburgh, Scotland and London, England