Porcelain Blue and White Winter Melon Vase

Hand-painted Chinese porcelain vase, made in a ‘winter melon’ shape that was popular during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and decorated in deep colours of blue and white depicting traditional mountainside scenery in deep hues of blue. The vase is made with delicate and thin translucent porcelain on which the artist used a special under glazing technique stemming back from the late Han Dynasty.