Polychrome Chinese Porcelain Wall Vase with Inscription

Chinese porcelain wall vase, of baluster form with twin shaped…
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Chinese porcelain wall vase, of baluster form with twin shaped handles, the body featuring a central roundel with inscription, set amongst stylised polychrome flowers on a white ground, with a decorative palmette border to the foot, with light blue glaze to underside of foot and to verso, accented with gilt, six character mark to base, height 22 cm and width 11.5 cm

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  • Polychrome - Made or finished in many colours. For furniture, it is used to indicated a painted finish.
  • Palmette - A decorative motif used in the decoration of ceramics, textiles and furniture, based loosely on the palm leaf and sometimes used with the anthemion, from which it is often difficult to distinguish. The form of the palmette varies from ornate to simplistic.
  • Verso - Verso is the "back" side of a sheet of paper, art work, coin or medal. The front side is "recto".
  • Roundel - A roundel is a circular disk, medallion or border on a plate or dish, on an object of furniture. A plate or dish will often have a central circular bordered decoration, termed a roundel. In furniture the word is often used instead of the word 'patera' to describe a turned circular decoration. In recent times use of the word has expanded to encompass any circular area on an object.

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