Chinese vase

Large vase made of thick porcelain with a structure bulged at the top and passing into a high narrow neck, ending in a turned up collar. Around the neck two stylised handles in the shape of dragons. Porcelain, enamel paints and gold on glass. Decoration of the vase in the famille rose colour range – flowers, peach fruit and birds on a greenish-white background, and multi-figure scenes from the legend of the history of the Six Dynasties period in two rectangular fields. At the bottom a band of stylised chrysanthemums on a blue background. On the neck, in fields, indoor figural scenes. Turquoise green vase interior. The belonging of a particular vessel to one of the style groups depends on which colour of enamel was used as a base for its decoration; in this case the base is pink. The famille rose decoration began to be used at the end of the 1820s. The best examples of this type of porcelain come from Yongzheng period (1723–1735). At the end of the Kangxi period, pink began to be used to paint flower petals on porcelain. This decoration became so popular in Europe that porcelain of this type was regularly imported to our continent during the Rococo style. China, exported to Europe, dating from 19th/20th century