Vase

Mintons

Summary

Wide urn shaped turquoised glazed vase on black Chinoiserie stand with gilded decoration simulating ebony, and a wide slightly waisted neck. Two loop handles joined at shoulder and part way down the main body each with a gilded bone china garland shaped ring. Decorated with overglaze enamels in imitation of Chinese cloisonne enamelling. Ground of main body covered in hexagons outlined in brown and gilding simulating a honeycomb effect. Over this hangs a border of six pendent lappets that reach to the base of the vase, each decorated in an abstract design suggestive of a dragon in dark and light green, yellow, blue red and white enamels. Lappets bordered in pink, green, gilding and dark blue. Band at shoulder of a pink geometric fret on green. From this six dark blue triangles with a geometric pattern in blue, pink, yellow and gold, reach up the neck, across the turquoise ground now decorated with small red flowers in a brown diaper pattern, towards the gilded rim from which hangs six multicoloured jui motifs. The base of the main body is encircled by a ring of multicoloured geometric pattern above a repeat of the green and pink fret. Further gilding, including a band of dot and spot motif. Vase screwed on to a black plinth with a wavy edge overhanging six feet, and enriched with gilding. Referred to as pattern : 04029 shape : 1912.

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