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ITEM SPECIFICS
- Type: Covered Temple Jars / Ginger Jars with Lids (Pair)
- Primary Material: Porcelain & Pottery
- Age: Early to Mid-20th Century (Republic Period, c. 1912–1949)
- Color: Multi-Color / Green / Polychrome (Famille Verte / Fencai)
- Maker / Style: Chinese Export / Republic Period Shanshui Landscape
- Features: Hand-Painted Enamels, Poetic Calligraphy Inscription, Original Lids, Wax Seal
- Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
- Height: 19 in (~48.3 cm) with lid
- Condition: Used (See condition description for hairline crack detail)
CONDITION DESCRIPTION
Offered as a pair. One jar has a tight vertical hairline crack extending from the top neck rim down into the upper landscape shoulder band (clearly highlighted in red in the close-up photos). The second jar and both lids are intact with no cracks or chips. Normal age-appropriate wear including pinhole glaze imperfections, minor iron spots, light glaze crackle, and rubbing to the unglazed foot rims. Base of one jar bears a red export wax seal.
Pair of Antique / Vintage Chinese Republic Period Famille Verte Covered Temple Jars
An exceptionally impressive, large pair of Chinese Republic period (early to mid-20th century) polychrome enamel porcelain temple/ginger jars featuring matching hand-painted classical Shanshui (mountain and river) landscape scenes.
Each jar is decorated in vibrant overglaze enamels (Famille Verte / Fencai) depicting secluded pavilions, pine trees, mountain peaks, and winding waterways, complemented by traditional Classical Chinese poetic calligraphy.
Inscriptions & Translations:
- Front Landscape Title: 山石霞雲 (Shan Shi Xia Yun — "Mountain Rocks and Rosy Clouds")
- Body Poetic Verse: A traditional Classical Chinese landscape poem reflecting quiet mountain seclusion ("Where flows the water outside the gate? Whose house stands by the wooded stream? Mountain rocks scatter east and west...")
- Lid Calligraphy: 山川吐秀 (Shan Chuan Tu Xiu — "The mountains and rivers exude natural beauty")
- Markings: Red wax export/inspection seal on the base of one jar.
Approximate Dimensions:
- Height (with Lid): 19 inches (~48.3 cm)
- Base Diameter: ~4.75 inches (~12 cm)
- Mouth / Rim Diameter: ~3.75 inches (~9.5 cm)
