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Chinese Kangxi Style Famille Verte Porcelain Vase 中国康熙风格五彩瓷瓶

Original Presentation Script

Here we have a Chinese Kangxi Style Famille Verte Porcelain Vase, a handsome baluster-form vessel decorated with lively court and garden scenes in the palette collectors call famille verte. At first glance, it aims squarely at the visual language of early Qing porcelain—narrative figures, terrace architecture, and that ever-tempting blue Kangxi reign mark on the base. But this is where experience has to overrule romance. The mark reads Da Qing Kangxi Nian Zhi, or 'Made in the Kangxi years of the Great Qing,' yet the brushwork lacks the fluency and refinement one expects from a true Kangxi-period piece. Faces are somewhat formulaic, the compositions feel stiff, and the enamels sit with a freshness that suggests modern manufacture rather than three centuries of age. The porcelain body also appears rather thickly potted, with a bright, clean white ground and a footrim showing only modest artificial-looking wear. In genuine examples, one expects subtler glaze variation, finer painting, and a more persuasive sense of age. In other words: attractive decorative object, but not an imperial sleeper. A word about copies.. famille verte wares with Kangxi marks are among the most heavily reproduced categories in Chinese ceramics, and modern decorative versions are everywhere. Based on the visible evidence, I’d place the authenticity score at 15%. Conservative auction value as a reproduction: about $150 to $400. If this were truly Kangxi period, the value gap would be enormous—potentially $80,000 to $200,000 or more. A charming performance piece, but not the original cast.

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Item Report

Chinese Kangxi Style Famille Verte Porcelain Vase

中国康熙风格五彩瓷瓶

By: Unknown modern workshop

Style: Chinese Kangxi Style / Famille Verte Revival Porcelain

Origin: China

Materials: Porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels and underglaze blue base mark

Age: Late 20th to early 21st century

Condition: Very good (appears structurally sound; no major damage visible in photos, but not examined in hand)

Value: Auction estimate: as a reproduction, $150-$400; if authentic Kangxi period, likely $80,000-$200,000+ depending on size, condition, and quality

Maker's Marks / Writing: Underglaze blue six-character mark in two circles: 大清康熙年製 / 大清康熙年制 ('Made in the Kangxi years of the Great Qing'). On this example the mark appears apocryphal.

Date: 2026-04-10 13:45:31.020843

Description:

Baluster-form porcelain vase with flared neck, painted in famille verte enamels with courtly and garden figural scenes, architectural terraces, attendants, and scholars. The vase bears an underglaze blue six-character Kangxi mark on the base, but the painting, glaze, and potting indicate a modern decorative reproduction rather than a Qing dynasty period work. 一件鼓腹撇口瓷瓶，器身以五彩设色描绘庭院人物、楼阁平台、侍从与文士等场景。底部有青花双圈六字康熙款，但从绘画笔意、釉面状态与胎体成型来看，应为现代装饰性仿制品，而非清代时期真品。

Assessment:

This is best understood as a modern Chinese famille verte decorative vase made in Kangxi style. The form imitates Qing export and domestic decorative wares, and the base carries a six-character mark reading Da Qing Kangxi Nian Zhi ('Made in the Kangxi years of the Great Qing'). However, the enamels appear too fresh, the white ground too even and bright, the body somewhat thickly potted, and the figural painting comparatively stiff and formulaic. The footrim also lacks the convincing wear and age one would expect on a true early Qing porcelain. A word about copies.. Chinese ceramics, especially Kangxi-marked famille verte wares, are among the most frequently reproduced categories on the market, and modern decorative revivals vastly outnumber authentic 17th-18th century examples. 此器最合理的判断是现代中国窑口烧造的康熙风格五彩装饰瓶。其造型模仿清代外销与内销装饰瓷，底部书“大清康熙年制”六字款。然而，其彩料显得过于新亮，白釉底色过于均匀明净，胎体略显厚重，人物绘画也较为僵硬程式化。足圈亦缺乏早清瓷器通常应有的自然磨损与岁月痕迹。关于仿品需特别说明：在中国瓷器市场中，带康熙款的五彩器属于仿制最常见的门类之一，现代装饰性仿作的数量远远多于真正的十七至十八世纪实物。

Individual Images:

whole vase front
whole vase reverse
whole vase side view
upper half of vase
lower half of vase
detail of figural scene
detail of garden scene
base of vase with mark

Provenance:

No provenance documentation shown.

Condition:

Very good (appears structurally sound; no major damage visible in photos, but not examined in hand)

Identification Score: 95%

The vase’s shape, palette, figural decoration, and visible underglaze blue six-character mark clearly identify it as a Chinese famille verte vase made in imitation of Kangxi-era porcelain. 从器形、五彩设色、人物题材装饰以及可见的青花六字款来看，可较明确地判断这是一件仿康熙时期风格的中国五彩瓷瓶。

Authenticity Score: 15%

The spurious six-character Kangxi mark, glossy unworn surface, thick potting, bright modern white body, and comparatively weak, stiff brushwork all argue strongly against an authentic Qing Kangxi date. This reads as a late 20th or early 21st century decorative reproduction. 底部六字康熙款应属伪托款，器表过于光亮且缺乏自然磨耗，胎体偏厚，瓷质白度呈现代感，绘画笔法亦较弱而僵硬，这些都明显不支持其为清康熙真品。整体判断更接近二十世纪晚期至二十一世纪初的装饰性仿制器。

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Keywords

Chinese vase, Kangxi style, famille verte, porcelain, figural scene, court scene, underglaze blue mark, reproduction, Qing style, China 中国瓷瓶, 康熙风格, 五彩, 瓷器, 人物纹, 宫廷场景, 青花款识, 仿制品, 清代风格, 中国

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