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Chinese Kangxi Style Famille Verte Porcelain Baluster Vase

中国康熙风格五彩人物纹瓷瓶

By: Unknown Chinese workshop

Style: Qing Kangxi Style / Famille Verte revival porcelain

Origin: China

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

Age: Likely late 19th century to early 20th century, circa 1890-1930

Condition: Very Good (visible surface wear and firing irregularities; no obvious major cracks seen, but not examined in hand)

Value: Auction estimate: as a later Kangxi-style vase, approximately $800-$2,000. If it were a true Kangxi period example of similar size and quality, the auction value could be dramatically higher, roughly $40,000-$120,000 or more depending on condition, provenance, and scholarly acceptance.

Maker's Marks / Writing: Blue underglaze six-character mark: 大清康熙年製, translated as 'Made in the Kangxi years of the Great Qing.' The mark is best treated as apocryphal or honorific rather than proof of Kangxi period manufacture.

Date: 2026-04-10 13:37:27.054133

Description:

A tall Chinese porcelain baluster vase with flared neck, painted in famille verte enamels with courtly and garden figures in architectural settings. The palette is dominated by soft greens, iron red, blue, black, and pale aubergine outlines, with a blue underglaze six-character Kangxi mark on the base.     一件高大的中国瓷质观音尊式瓶，喇叭口，通体以五彩绘庭院人物与楼阁园林场景。设色以淡绿、矾红、蓝、黑及浅茄皮紫描线为主，底部见青花双方框六字康熙款。

Curator Questions

Curated by Jade

Assessment:

This appears to be a Chinese famille verte vase made in the Kangxi taste rather than an authentic Kangxi period imperial-era piece. The form, figural decoration, and palette clearly reference late 17th-century wares, but the surface finish, drawing style, bright even enamels, and the neatly written apocryphal base mark point more convincingly to a revival example from the late Qing to Republic period. The scenes are decorative and competently painted, making it an attractive collector's object, but not one I would endorse as period Kangxi from photographs alone. A word about copies.. Chinese famille verte porcelain is a field heavily populated by revival wares, later homage pieces, and outright fakes; Kangxi marks are especially common on later decorative porcelains. Fakery check: the mark reads 大清康熙年製, 'Made in the Kangxi years of the Great Qing,' but the calligraphy and overall presentation are consistent with a later honorific or apocryphal mark rather than a firm period attribution.     此瓶应为中国五彩瓷中仿康熙风格之作，而非真正康熙朝本期器。其器形、人物题材与设色明显借鉴十七世纪末康熙五彩，但从釉面光泽、人物线描方式、色彩分布较均匀明快，以及底部书写工整的寄托款来看，更接近晚清至民国时期的仿古陈设瓷。整体绘画装饰性强，制作尚称精致，是一件颇具观赏性的收藏器，但仅凭照片我不支持将其断为康熙本朝真品。A word about copies.. 中国五彩瓷领域中充斥着仿古器、后仿致敬作品以及伪作，尤其“康熙款”在后期装饰瓷上极为常见。防伪核查：底款为“大清康熙年製”，意为“清代康熙年间制造”，但其书法风格与整体呈现更像后期寄托款，而非可稳妥认定的康熙本朝款识。

Individual Images:

• whole vase front
• whole vase reverse
• whole vase side view
• upper half of vase
• front of vase
• reverse of vase
• detail of court figures
• detail of garden scene
• underside of vase
• detail of Kangxi mark

Provenance:

No documentary provenance provided in the images.

Condition:

Very Good (visible surface wear and firing irregularities; no obvious major cracks seen, but not examined in hand)

Identification Score: 95%

The vase is readily identifiable as a Chinese famille verte baluster vase in Kangxi taste based on its form, palette, figural subject matter, and apocryphal Kangxi mark. Confidence is high on type, though lower on exact dating within the late Qing-Republic revival spectrum.     依据器形、五彩设色、人物题材以及底部寄托康熙款，可较高把握地认定此器为中国康熙风格五彩人物纹瓶。对器物类别判断把握很高，但对其在晚清至民国仿古谱系中的精确断代则略低一些。

Authenticity Score: 28%

I assign a low authenticity score for true Kangxi period dating. The enamels look comparatively fresh and even, the drawing of faces and architectural details lacks the finesse and spontaneous authority expected in strong Kangxi examples, and the base mark appears apocryphal. The footrim does show some age and handling wear, which supports an older revival piece rather than a brand-new fake, so I would place it more likely in the late 19th or early 20th century than modern production.     若以“康熙本朝真品”为标准，我给出较低的真实性评分。其彩料观感较为新净而均匀，人物面部与建筑细节的线描缺少上佳康熙器常见的老练与神采，底款也更像寄托款。足缘确有一定旧气与使用磨痕，这说明它更可能是一件较早的仿古器，而非全新的现代伪作，因此我倾向断为十九世纪末至二十世纪初，而非近年制造。

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Keywords

Chinese porcelain vase, famille verte, Kangxi style, baluster vase, figural decoration, court scene, apocryphal Kangxi mark, Qing style, China     中国瓷瓶, 五彩, 康熙风格, 观音尊, 人物纹, 宫廷场景, 寄托康熙款, 清代风格, 中国

Report ID:  : h6cpf3

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