Dimensions: 11-7/8" H x 7-3/4" Dia.

A Superb, Chinese Qing Dynasty Doucai double gourd porcelain vase. Finest porcelain potted in double gourd resemblance, bulbous lower section converging into a lemon-shape midsection and finishing into a slender bottleneck at the top. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the DouCai design color. In Doucai decoration the design is outlined in underglaze blue and filled in with overglaze colored enamels except blue. Colors which fit together but also contrasting or joined colors. Decoration in a combination of underglaze cobalt blue outlines and enamels added on top of the fired glaze, within the outlines. The main body and the lemon shape upper body adorned with abundant ripe peach among Fu-bat and interspersed with scrolling tendril and fresh foliage, enclosed and banded with repeating taotie mask and auspicious pattern. Interlocking key fret decorated on the mid, enclosed with thick single ring lines. The word bat Fu, in Chinese sounds identical to the word for luck which is a pair of homophones implied linguistic symbolism the symbolic meaning of bat is commonly recognized as good fortune in Chinese culture and meaning the five blessings, is a concept that signify a grouping of certain good fortunes and luck in Chinese culture. And One of the most popular Feng Shui fruit symbols, peach is the symbol of immortality. The peach is also known in Feng Shui as the fruit of heaven because of its prominence in many ancient Chinese legends about the Immortal Gods. Peach came to be associated with wealth, health, abundance and longevity. The peach is also known as a Feng Shui symbol of love and marriage. In China, love luck is often referred to as peach blossoms luck. The colors are harmonious, elegant and exquisite, the composition is sophisticated, simply a feast for the eye. The porcelain conformed all required specimen to be high valued Chinese porcelain wares, with finest material, the whiteness, the glaze, the carving, and the shape. Without overlap the outlines of the design, well carved, clear, subtle, and distinct. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.

Mark on under base, a six underglaze blue seal script characters reign mark, Qianlong Reign Period of Great Qing Dynasty.

Over all in EXCELLENT condition.
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