Small Chinese Ginger Jar decorated in Famille Rose enamels, second half C20th

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Small Chinese Ginger Jar decorated in Famille Rose enamels, second half C20th

A small Chinese ‘Ginger’ jar of typical form with a near globular body and a short straight neck, decorated in Famille Rose enamels with a bird on a rock and flowering peony, a butterfly to the reverse and the neck collar with a border of repeating sylised leaves. The base with a seven character stamped mark in iron red.

The stamped mark to the base reads ‘Zhongguo Jingdezhen Zhi (China Jingdezhen Made)’ with the letter ‘V’ between two lines. In the early 1950s almost all the factories in Jiangxi, the province where the kiln town Jingdezhen is situated, were merged into larger units, each made up of ten to fifteen previously independent factories. From this time factory numbers such as we have here (=V=) came to be used and many pieces are found with a wide variety of letters and numbers indicating the various cooperatives. The quality of the productions varied and it is a reasonable assumption that increasing years witnessed a decline. While other examples of this type of jar exist, some with their original domed covers, this piece is of the very best quality, indeed the work matches earlier pieces in the style very closely, and a dating to the mid 1950s seems quite plausible. It shows that the Chinese potters continued to produce to a high standard when they chose to do so and provides a pleasing memento of the closing era of a tradition of porcelain production stretching back long into the past.

Size: Ht 10 cm; base diam 7 cm
Weight: 305 gm
Date: Mid 20th Century
Condition: Excellent good condition; lacking original cover
Estimate: £10 – 20

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