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Qianlong(?) supplementary picture

by Paul
(UK)

33cm high

33cm high

Thanks for taking the time to take a look. Here's a pic of this pot. Its a soft sheen 'iron red' glaze all over with a pale blue,
more glossy glaze to interior and bottom. It's 33cm high.
I think I just like the feel of the thing but because it's a classical shape with dragon style handles, a sort of cultural hybrid, and so big,I suspect it's not as old as the mark would have me believe, maybe for 20th c western market.I've got as far as my little brain will take me.
Cheers!

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by: peter

Yes,I don't think it is Qianlong.
I can't tell it is not Qing dynasty, based on these pictures alone. I would need a hands-on inspection, checking the inside too. But, it seems to that me the colors make it more likely to be republican period, or later. Depends much on other age signs, though.
First, the 'coral red' exterior was most popular in the late Qing dynasty and republic period.
I have issues with the mark and color of the bottom. If the mark was applied in the late Qing dynasty, it should be in a bright red color. Definitely much brighter than the red exterior glaze. Here it looks dark. This often is a sign that it is from a later period.

The bottom is also not the color it should be in my view (at least not in the color shown in these pictures).
While a green blue bottom and interior was already existing in the Qianlong period, it was most popular during the Tongzhi reign. The color usually is blue green, more greenish than blue. Here it seems to be bluish. Another thing I would like to draw your attention to is that the green glaze on 19th century items is mostly dull and not reflecting, as with this item. In the Qing dynasty items the green glaze looks fairly thick without any transparency. The bottom glaze on your vase looks quite shiny and thin.
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by: Viscount

Hi Paul,
I don't think that it is from Qianlong period. Wait for Peter's comment too.
Viscount

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