Royal Porcelain Vase with Enamel Decoration of "Three Friends of Winter"

This vase with a straight mouth, drooping shoulders, round body that gradually contracts and a foot ring is covered with white glaze. A picture of pine, bamboo and plum, known as "three friends of winter," is painted over the white glaze. The hardy pine, straight bamboo and elegant plum flowers, relieved by green leaves, are painted in graceful and detailed brush strokes. The vase is an excellent object made by the government kiln during the Yongzheng period. The seven black characters above the picture mean "Spring stays permanently in the imperial garden." It is unique in that it is the only one of the Yongzheng enamels that is faceted (meaning that it cannot be shaped in a single drawing on a wheeled cart) and the only one of the Yongzheng enamels with a blue-and-white mark.

Since the vase is shaped like an olive, it is also known as the "olive vase." The elegant shape of the vase, its fine craftsmanship, thin and semi-transparent body, crystal-clear and flawless glaze and superbly executed decoration make it an outstanding work of the Yongzheng period of the Qing dynasty. The body of this vase was prepared by the imperial kiln in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, and shipped to the palace, where the palace's Department of Works had the picture approved by Emperor Yongzheng painted on it in enamel and then fired in a low-temperature kiln. The vase represents not only superb porcelain-making techniques, but also excellent painting skills.

• Function: Decorative crafts, Tabletop Vase, Perfect Gift.
• Glaze type: Enamel.
• Materials & Techniques: Ceramic, Hand-Painted.
• Packaging: Box
• Place of Origin: Jingdezhen, China, the home to handcrafting royal porcelain for royal families worldwide.

Shipping and Lead Time

All items are handcrafted by folk artists and craftmen. It usually takes about 3 months to finish a product. We kindly suggest that you contact us before you place an order. Each order is carefully inspected and packaged before it leaves our warehouse to avoid damage during transit.

Lead Time: 105 calendar days after order confirmed and payment made.

Custom Order Only

Because of the nature of this category arts, we provide custom orders only.

Embedding Families or Organizations Names:
As porcelain antiques may be inherited for thousands years. We may embed your family or organization names inside or on the bottom as Chinese Royal Families (Emperors) did, to record the honors of your families and organizations and pass to generations and generations.

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These handcrafted masterpieces are not allowed for return, except for quality issues, damage, or wrong items upon the receipt of items.

The returned/exchanged product must be in its original condition, unused and in its original packaging. Special order items cannot be returned.

As soon as you return your item to us and it's received into our system, we will expeditiously send a refund request to your bank. Please note that while the funds are instantly deducted from our account, some banks may take 5-7 business days to process and post these refunds to your account.

Since the vase is shaped like an olive, it is known as the "olive vase", which was popular in the Qing Dynasty and was first created during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty and was most common during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods.