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Imperial Porcelain Vase | Qing Dynasty Qianlong | Blue-and-White Vase with Interlocking Lotus
Imperial Porcelain Vase | Qing Dynasty Qianlong | Blue-and-White Vase with Interlocking Lotus
SKU:S1-0025
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Qing Dynasty Qianlong Emperor (1736–1795) official kiln porcelain vase. This Imperial Blue-and-White Vase with Interlocking Lotus represents the technical excellence and aesthetic harmony of Qianlong-era porcelain. The intricate pattern of interwoven lotus scrolls, rendered in radiant cobalt blue beneath a clear glaze, symbolizes purity, enlightenment, and the eternal unity of heaven and earth.
Each vase is handcrafted using authentic imperial kiln techniques, painted with natural cobalt mineral pigments, and fired up to 1280 °C in kiln to be finished products, keeping forever like a diamond. The refined balance between motif and form embodies the Qianlong Emperor’s pursuit of symmetrical beauty, precision, and imperial grace, merging classical Chinese artistry with subtle Western influences in shading and depth.
History of the Porcelain Antique: Qing Dynasty QianLong emperor (1736-1795)
Time of Reproduction: 2020s
Symbolizing
Purity · Enlightenment · Harmony · Balance · Eternity
Today's Applications
- Family Heritage: A meaningful heirloom for generations, perfect for weddings and family celebrations.
- Gifts: Ideal for ceremonial, cultural, and luxury gifting.
- Business & Prestige: A distinguishee symbol for executive offices, luxury hotels, meeting rooms, or grand halls.
Dimensions
- Height:≈14.8 in./37.6cm
- Diameter (max.):≈
- Weight:≈1.6Kg
Each piece is meticulously handcrafted by skilled folk artisans, and as with all handmade works, subtle variations from the photos or the original antique enhance its individuality and unique artistry.
About the Item
Description
The vase has a flared mouth, a long neck, a spherical abdomen, and a flared footrim, with a regular shape. The globular body is decorated in blue and white with a band of composite floral scrolls above stylised lappets, all below a band of ruyi-heads and a further floral band to the shoulder. The neck is decorated with plantain leaves below a band of crashing waves enclosing the mouth rim. There are nine layers of motifs from the top to the bottom.
Details
• 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.
Delivery
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.
Please contact us by email.
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.
Returns
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.
About “Award Vase”
This vase is generally used for the emperor's award, so it is called " award vase ", is an innovative ware type in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, has continued to be fired until the end of the Qing Dynasty Xuan Tong dynasty. From Yongzheng to Xianfeng dynasty, most of the decorations were made of blue and white lotus, because "blue and white lotus(青莲 QingLian)" harmonizes with "incorruptness（清廉QingLian）", so the emperor gave it to his ministers in the hope that they would be "honest and upright for government".