Antique Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Artemisia Leaf Ginger Jar Kangxi Peroid
Antique Chinese Blue and White Porcelain'Artemisia Leaf' Ginger Jar, Kangxi Peroid. Antique Chinese 19th Century Porcelain Kangxi Artemisia Leaf Mark Bud Vase Here's a 19th century Chinese hand painted blue and white bud vase. The Ginger Jar stands 10 tall with lid and bears the Artemisia leaf mark used during the Kangxi period. The Ginger Jar is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks or damage.
Artistically, the decoration on Chinese ceramics from this period can be characterized as freely painted and often depicting subjects such as: scholars in mountainous river landscapes; scrolling floral designs; elegant ladies; and scenes from popular stories. These designs, particularly on export porcelain are densely painted, often with a central scene surrounded by a geometric patterned border, or, flower-petal-shaped panels. Popular romances and epics such as'Romance of the Western Chamber','The Three Kingdoms', and'The Water Margin' were widely circulated at the time as woodblock printed books, which means that if one cares to look, many of the scenes on Kangxi porcelain are readily identifiable. The largest body of marks found on Kangxi porcelain have one of the following: no marks, pictorial marks, apocryphal marks, or blank marks within an underglaze blue circle. Because of the strictness in regulating his reign mark, potters employed alternatives such as having only an underglaze blue double circle, or an auspicious symbol, for instance an artemisia leaf, a lingzhi fungus, a precious object, or an auspicious character, such as yu (jade).The most common apocryphal marks (marks referring to a previous ruler) found are those bearing the names of Chenghua and Jiajing emperors, and sometimes Wanli emperor. Most Items in my shop are vintage and not brand new. Most are from estate sales, auctions or private collections. The items may show minor age-related wear and/or minor flaws consistent with the date of manufacture.
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