Pair Chinese Republic Period Covered Temple Jars Famille Verte Landscape 19" For Sale
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Pair Chinese Republic Period Covered Temple Jars Famille Verte Landscape 19": $279.00
ITEM SPECIFICS
Type: Covered Temple Jars / Ginger Jars with Lids (Pair)
Primary Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
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.
