This is a massive vase from 18th Century with rare combination of underglaze copper-red and cobalt blue pigment under a beautiful bluish white glaze. The large vase has a full rounded body supported on a widely splayed foot and rising to a flared neck terminating at a partly enclosed mouth rim. The globular body is boldly painted with "Three Abundance, or Sandou". The painting employed copper-red for the fruits and cobalt blue for the leaves and stems. The painter skilfully used the natural variegation (red, green, yellow, and crimson) of copper-red pigment to depict the beautiful surface of pomegranate, Buddha's hand citron, and peaches. The large scale fruit branches over a spacious exterior of this large vase is matched by a beautiful shadow green clear glaze. The interior and the deep recess base is covered with a white glaze. Except for a few foot rim chips and glaze stains from wear and burst bubbles, this magnificent vase is in excellent condition.
Size: height: 37cm; body diameter: 22.5cm