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Question about a vase Kang-xi leaf marked?

by Luciano
(Rome)

Hello,
A second last question....
I have recently bought also this beautifully and variously painted vase: it is well blue painted with many figures and the mark in the bottom should be the Kang-xi artemisia leaf mark.
It is bone-china, rather light and translucent.
Do you think it is original?
May I know some meaning of the various scenes?
Thanks again for your kind assistance and best regards,
Luciano

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by: peter

Hi Luciano,

My guess is that it is either European "chinoiserie" or Japanese. The shape looks Japanese. There is not such a vase shape in antique Chinese porcelain. Also, the decoration is much too dense for Chinese. I know such a dense decoration only from items with 'dragon on waves' decorations.
Never mind the Chinese people and the leaf mark. They can be copied by anyone.

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