Oct 28, 2025
A magnificent and extremely rare large doucai vase,
This vase looked particularly special. Not only is it large, 52.7 cm from base to lip, it is decorated using the difficult and costly doucai technique, which involved painting fine underglaze outlines in cobalt-blue onto porous, unfired clay, allowing no room for error.
The striking design of lotus blossoms and leafy scrolls also incorporated a number of auspicious symbols, including a band of stylised bats above clouds on the shoulder, four gilt wan on the body, and a series of ruyi motifs based on the form of a lingzhi fungus.
Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze-blue and of the period (1736-1795).
52.7 cm (20¾ in) high
