Blue and White Porcelain Vase | Ming Dynasty Hongwu | Yuhuchunping

The elegantly potted pear-shaped body is decorated in rich inky-blue tones with four peony blossoms alternately shown in profile and full face and budding flowers borne on scrolling, leafy stems, all between the cloud collar on the shoulder and lotus lappets containing ruyi-head pendants. The neck is further decorated with upright plantain leaves above bands of overlapping waves.

YuHuChunPing is one of the popular vase styles of the Ming Dynasty. This Hongwu YuHuChunPing has a distinctive hierarchy of decoration, a sparse layout, a subdued blue color, and stagnant black spots where the blue material is gathered. Compared with similar vessels of the Yongle and Xuande periods of the later Ming Dynasty, the shape of the vase has a larger flared mouth, almost like a folded rim, a slightly thicker and longer neck, and a lower center of gravity on the abdomen, so it appears thick and stable.

• Function: Decorative crafts, Tabletop Vase, Perfect Gift.
• Glaze type: Blue-and-white.
• 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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Couriers

We use DHL or Fedex by air. The tracking information will be sent to you when your order shipped.

Please inspect your package immediately upon arrival and report any damages/errors within 3 business days.

Customer satisfaction is our top priority. We check each piece of items before deliver to insure quality.

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.

Yuhuchun first appeared in the temples of the Tang dynasty (608–917 AD) as a holy water vase. By the Song dynasty (960-1279) the form had become a popular type of wine vessel. During the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) the shape became more refined as well as being decorated with both underglaze blue and red. This tradition continued into the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and into the Qing dynasty (1644-1912). Today they are often referred to as "Pear Shaped vases". During the Yuan and Ming dynasties the form was further adapted by the addition of handles and spouts for wine.