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Hello,
Could anyone please provide me some insight as to how this vase could have such fine detail and be entirely painted by hand. I have looked closely and there does not appear to be any mechanical means utilized to paint this vase. Are these vases easy to find today in China or are these artisans hard to find even today? Although it is a tribute to an earlier imperial reign, are these still collectible?
Regards,
Lauren

May I ask if this is your vase and if you're certain it's republic period and not a modern repro?

modern the color of the overglaze is off tone and painting style is too rough and crude. c class replica

Hello,
I recently purchased this vase at auction. I have been told it is a modern vase. I would like to know if it was made in the last decade or 80's or last year? I thought it was Republic but now I have my concerns. I only paid a few hundred for decorative value because I wanted at least one example of a modern vase in my collection. Initally I thought it was all hand painted but now I am thinking this vase could have been made with some new quantum leap in variant programmed printing. Any thoughts?
Regards,
Lauren

In my opinion, Lee's succinct summary leaves little to say about the differences between your vase and those made and painted in the traditional manner.

As to the technological means to produce the piece, China makes and has the high-resolution digital printers needed to decorate all manner of ceramic objects. The range goes from coffee cups to beer mugs to floor tiles to odd shapes like your vase and more. On the other hand, areas such as the scrolling acanthus-leaf ground often are cut and applied piecemeal, in the manner of centuries-old transfer-decorating technology, sometimes at the expense of the continuous arabesque design that hand-painting would make economically possible in this type of ground.

Just keep in mind that nowadays, anything you can paint or photograph can be printed, and printed quite finely, on virtually any surface you can imagine.

Best regards,

Bill H.

Second character is 正, which seems to mean positive/correct, or the first month of the year. It is also in the mark for the Qing Emperor Yongzheng, which might be more applicable: 清雍正 He reigned in the 1700s during the Qing dynasty.

ps artisans are not hard to find in China, and they have been crafting and replicating (honoring) older styles for centuries.

I agree with LEE, it's modern. There are actually some available at eBay that seems like they come from the same factory. I got worried because the design of the celadon archaistic relif decoration, particulary the style of the kui dragons, looks very similar to the decoration-style of a Qianlong vase in my collection. I'm still researching that one, so I would like to know where they found the inspiaration for your vase.

http://asianart.com/phpforum/index.php?method=detailAll&Id=83684

The combination of relief-decoratated celadon with blue and white and famille rose panels and gilding seems to be inspired from a Qianlong vase sold at Sotheby's this year.

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/important-chinese-works-of-art-hk0571/lot.3616.html

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