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Chinese Kangxi Style Famille Verte Porcelain Baluster Vase 中国康熙风格五彩人物故事纹瓷瓶

Original Presentation Script

Here we have a handsome Chinese Kangxi Style Famille Verte Porcelain Baluster Vase — tall, theatrical, and packed with courtly drama. Its painted scenes of attendants, nobles, terraces, and garden architecture are exactly the sort of visual storytelling that made famille verte wares so beloved among collectors. The base carries the six-character mark 大清康熙年製, or 'Made in the Kangxi years of the Great Qing.' Now, that sounds exciting — but in Chinese ceramics, marks alone are never enough. In fact, they are often where the trouble begins. The vase is porcelain with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette: greens, iron red, blue, black, and aubergine tones over a bright white ground. The decoration is competent and lively, and the composition wraps well around the form. But the painting lacks the sublime spontaneity of securely period Kangxi examples, and the enamels and glaze read a bit too fresh and even. Condition appears fairly good from the photos. I see footrim wear and no obvious major cracks or chips, though only in-hand examination would confirm restorations or overpainting. So, the fakery check matters here. A word about copies.. Kangxi-marked Chinese porcelains are heavily reproduced, and many later decorative pieces carry perfectly respectable-looking apocryphal reign marks. My authenticity score is 28% for actual Kangxi period manufacture. Conservative auction estimate: about $600 to $1,500 as a later decorative Kangxi-style vase. If genuinely Kangxi period, we would be in a completely different universe — roughly $40,000 to $120,000 or more. Beautiful? Yes. Museum-confirmed Kangxi? Not on these photos alone.

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Item Report

Chinese Kangxi Style Famille Verte Porcelain Baluster Vase

中国康熙风格五彩人物故事纹瓷瓶

By: Unknown

Style: Qing Kangxi style famille verte porcelain

Origin: China

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

Age: Likely late 19th to mid-20th century, probably circa 1900-1950

Condition: Very Good (minor visible wear to footrim, no major damage seen in photos, not examined in hand)

Value: Auction estimate: as a later Kangxi style decorative vase, USD 600-1,500. If genuinely Kangxi period, the value could be dramatically higher, potentially USD 40,000-120,000 depending on size, condition, subject quality, and proven provenance.

Maker's Marks / Writing: Underglaze blue six-character mark: 大清康熙年製 ('Made in the Kangxi years of the Great Qing'). In this context it appears likely apocryphal.

Date: 2026-04-10 14:06:40.798213

Description:

Large Chinese porcelain baluster vase with flared neck, painted in famille verte enamels with continuous palace and garden scenes populated by court figures and attendants. The base bears a six-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue, but the painting, palette, gloss, and mark execution suggest a later decorative work rather than a Kangxi period example. 一件中国大型瓷质观音尊式瓶，撇口、鼓腹，通体以五彩设色描绘宫廷庭院与园林人物故事场景。底部见青花双方栏六字康熙款，但从绘画笔意、设色、釉面光泽及款识书写方式判断，更像后期装饰性作品，而非康熙本朝器。

Assessment:

This is an attractive and competent Chinese famille verte vase in Kangxi taste, but I do not see enough visual evidence to support a true Kangxi mark-and-period attribution. The enamels appear comparatively fresh, the glaze surface is rather even and glossy, the drawing is decorative but lacks the finest early Qing vitality, and the six-character mark reads as an apocryphal homage rather than a persuasive period mark. The footrim shows some wear, but not enough by itself to prove early Qing date. A word about copies.. Chinese porcelains with imperial or famous reign marks are among the most frequently reproduced categories in the market, and Kangxi-style famille verte wares have been copied for over a century. This example should be approached conservatively as a later Kangxi style vase unless supported by strong thermoluminescence testing, specialist examination in hand, or impeccable provenance. 这是一件颇具观赏性的中国五彩人物大瓶，风格上模仿康熙朝审美，但从现有图片看，并无充分依据支持其为真正“康熙款识并到代”之器。其彩料显得相对新鲜，釉面较为均匀且光亮，绘画虽工整热闹，却欠缺清初官民窑精品常见的生动神采；六字款更像后朝仿写的寄托款，而非有力的本朝真款。足缘虽有一定磨痕，但单凭此点不足以证明其为早清器。A word about copies.. 带有御制或著名年号款的中国瓷器，是市场上最常见的仿制门类之一，而康熙风格五彩瓷更是百余年来反复被仿烧。故对此瓶宜持保守态度，将其视作后期康熙风格作品，除非有热释光检测、上手细审或可靠传承材料进一步支持。

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
base of vase
detail of reign mark

Provenance:

No provenance documentation shown in the images.

Condition:

Very Good (minor visible wear to footrim, no major damage seen in photos, not examined in hand)

Identification Score: 95%

The form, famille verte palette, narrative figural decoration, and underglaze blue apocryphal Kangxi mark clearly identify this as a Chinese Kangxi-style famille verte vase. 其器形、五彩设色、通景人物故事装饰以及底部青花寄托康熙款，都清楚表明这是一件中国康熙风格五彩瓷瓶。

Authenticity Score: 28%

Assuming reproduction until proven otherwise, I score this low. The reign mark reads 'Da Qing Kangxi Nian Zhi' (大清康熙年製, 'Made in the Kangxi years of the Great Qing'), but the calligraphy and overall presentation do not convincingly match a secure Kangxi-period example. The enamels and white body look comparatively clean and modern, the surface lacks the nuanced age complexity expected on a true late 17th/early 18th century vase, and the painted scenes feel more like later decorative revival work. The foot wear is present but could be artificially encouraged or simply consistent with age in a later piece. 在“未经证实先按仿品处理”的原则下，此件真品分数应偏低。底款写为“大清康熙年製”，但其书风与整体呈现方式都不足以令人信服地归入真正康熙本朝器。彩料与白瓷胎釉显得较为洁净而偏新，表面缺少真正十七世纪末至十八世纪初老瓷常见的复杂岁月感，而人物故事画面更像后期迎合市场的装饰性仿古作品。足部磨损虽可见，但也可能是后期器自然使用痕迹，甚至不排除人为做旧的可能。

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Keywords

Chinese vase, Kangxi style, famille verte, porcelain, figural scene, palace scene, Qing style, underglaze blue mark, baluster vase, China 中国瓷瓶, 康熙风格, 五彩, 瓷器, 人物故事图, 宫廷场景, 清代风格, 青花款, 观音尊式瓶, 中国

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