Height: 39cms
Date: 19th Century
£3,500
Product Code: KPCE126
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An attractive pair of matched Chinese 19th Century crackleware vases of bulbous form and depicting long tailed birds in the branches of a flowering peony. On one vase, the bird is looking up with beak open at a butterfly. On the other, the bird is preening its wings.
The reverse of both has minimal decoration, showing the texture of the crackle glaze.
Condition is good. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for more information.
Pheasant (China)
The pheasant and phoenix are interchangeable in Chinese culture and represents beauty and good fortune.
Peony (Chinese)
The peony is one of the symbols of China, the name in Chinese translates to most beautiful and it is often used in important and religious ceremonies as it has connotations of royalty and honour.
Butterfly (China)
In China the butterfly is a symbol of summer it represents young love.
Famille Verte
Famille Verte is a style of Chinese porcelain decoration that uses a palette of greens.
Crackle glaze
Crackle glaze is a deliberate decorative effect caused by rapid cooling of a fired piece combined with a low silica glaze. It has a long history in Korean and Chinese pottery, pieces from the Chinese Song (960-1279) and Yaun (1271-1368) Dynasties are particularly sort after and notable for their use of crackle.
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