Antique Chinese Doucai Longevity Vase w/ Peaches & Qianlong Mark

Elegant Chinese porcelain vase hand-painted in the refined Doucai (contrasting color) style, featuring a baluster form with a narrow neck and spreading foot. The vase is decorated with ripe peaches, pomegranates, and lotus flowers, each carrying profound symbolic meaning in Chinese art — together they represent "Three Abundances": long life (peach), fertility (pomegranate), and purity (lotus).

The restrained palette of iron red, cobalt blue, green, and yellow enamels sits gracefully on a soft white glaze. The combination of bright enamels outlined in blue is characteristic of early 20th-century Republic-era revival of Ming and Qing court designs, honoring imperial porcelain from the Qianlong reign (1736-1795).

The underside bears a six-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue, indicating reverence to that period rather than a direct imperial piece.

📏 Details

Material: Porcelain, hand-painted enamels

Height: Approx. 13"

Decoration: Doucai floral scrolls, peaches, and pomegranates

Mark: Qianlong reign mark (Republic period reproduction)

Age: c. 1910-1940

Condition: Excellent antique condition with minimal wear

Origin: Jingdezhen, China

🌸 Symbolism / Meaning

Peach (寿桃): Longevity and immortality — the divine fruit of the Queen Mother of the West.

Pomegranate (石榴): Fertility and many descendants — bursting seeds symbolize abundance.

Lotus (莲): Purity, spiritual awakening, and harmony.

Together, these motifs wish the household "Fu Shou Duo Zi" — blessings, long life, and many sons.

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