Famille Rose Porcelain

'Dragon Boat' Famille Rose Vase

$ 500 USD

A hand-painted Famille Rose vase with a figural reserve depicting a dragon-boat scene, rendered in fine pink and green enamels over a white porcelain ground. Gilt highlights on the rim and foot. Each piece in this series is individually painted — no two are identical.

Material: Hand-painted porcelain · over-glaze enamels · gilt
Dimensions: Height 44 cm · Diameter 22 cm · Approx. 2.4 kg
Maker: Jingdezhen artisan workshop · signed under the foot
Date: Made 2025 · in the Qing imperial style
Edition: One of seven in this colourway · all hand-painted individually

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About this piece

Painted, not printed.

The Famille Rose palette — fencai in Chinese — was developed in the Qing imperial kilns and is unmistakable for its soft pinks, opaque whites, and apple greens applied over a fired glaze. The brush passes through every petal, every fold of robe, every wave of water individually.

This vase carries a single figural panel: a dragon-boat scene from the Duanwu festival, with rowers leaning into the stroke. The reverse is a quieter composition of peony and prunus on a plain white ground, intended to allow the piece to be turned to a calmer face when desired.

The neck is band-painted in iron-red and gilt, and the foot is finished with a discreet artisan's signature.

'Dragon Boat' Famille Rose Vase

Painted, not printed.

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