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Subject:Re: 18th Century Blue and White Export Vase?
Posted By: Bill H Mon, Jun 05, 2017
I decided to see if I could find another vase like your example on eBay, and the one at the link below, from a forthcoming live auction, popped up almost right away. However, I didn't get any more hits when scrolling through a further 2000 of the more than 6000 hits I got in response to a query of "Chinese blue & white vase".
http://www.ebay.com/itm/18th-C-Chinese-Blue-and-White-Vase-Lot-6103-/172699746218?hash=item2835b4ffaa:g:FU0AAOSwlMFZLc5I
I think both of these vases may have come from the same Chinese ornamentation factory, perhaps in Hong Kong or Macao, during the late 20th century. The decoration looks almost like it was laid down with a felt-tip pen. There is a scribbled look to the flower-heads, and a stamped-on look to what seems to be failed attempts to produce arabesque designs between the asymmetrically formed tendrils. It may be that the vase came to the decorator pre-glazed and was given new coats after the design was put on. This may account for the sloppy application inside the foot rim and the apparent shrinkage around the mouth.
Not a pretty sight in my estimation, but shoddy enough to convince the some Western minds that it is old.
Best regards,
Bill H.
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