About the Item
Description
The spherical body is superbly enamelled with four lotus blossoms interspersed with smaller lotus blossoms above gilt wan emblems, all reserved on a lush ground of leafy scrolls, bordered by a band of stylised bats above clouds on the shoulder and a band of petal lappets above the foot, the tall waisted neck is decorated on either side with a lotus blossom centered by a gilt shou medallion above a cluster of lingzhi, all set against leafy scroll and bordered above and below by ruyi-head bands and flanked by a pair of handles formed as chilong with scrolling bifurcated tails finely shaded in iron-red and with gilt details.
The ruyi motif, based on the form of a lingzhi fungus, represents a wish for ‘everything you desire’ and was a popular motif for imperial birthdays. In addition, four bold gilt swastikas, wan 卍, popular Buddhist symbols of good luck, are found on the body of the vase.
Delivery
Shipping and Lead Time
All items are handcrafted by folk artists and craftmen. It usually takes about 3 months to finish a product. We kindly suggest that you contact us before you place an order. Each order is carefully inspected and packaged before it leaves our warehouse to avoid damage during transit.
Lead Time: 105 calendar days after order confirmed and payment made.
Custom Order Only
Because of the nature of this category arts, we provide custom orders only.
Embedding Families or Organizations Names:
As porcelain antiques may be inherited for thousands years. We may embed your family or organization names inside or on the bottom as Chinese Royal Families (Emperors) did, to record the honors of your families and organizations and pass to generations and generations.
Please contact us by email.
Couriers
We use DHL or Fedex by air. The tracking information will be sent to you when your order shipped.
Please inspect your package immediately upon arrival and report any damages/errors within 3 business days.
Returns
Customer satisfaction is our top priority. We check each piece of items before deliver to insure quality.
These handcrafted masterpieces are not allowed for return, except for quality issues, damage, or wrong items upon the receipt of items.
The returned/exchanged product must be in its original condition, unused and in its original packaging. Special order items cannot be returned.
As soon as you return your item to us and it's received into our system, we will expeditiously send a refund request to your bank. Please note that while the funds are instantly deducted from our account, some banks may take 5-7 business days to process and post these refunds to your account.