Royal Porcelain Blue and White Globular Vase with 'Dragon among Clouds'

This spherical vase is an innovation of the Xuande era, named after the ball-like round stomach. During the Qing dynasty particularly in through the Qianlong period these became court favorites and were made using a wide variety of decorations. Among the wide range of antique Chinese vases this particular form is among the most enduring.

This vase is large and straight, imposing and firm, with a simple and unassuming shape, decorated on the rounded body and straight neck with dragons in clouds. The mouth rim is surrounded by a band of lonicera pattern, contrasting with the fierceness of the dragon.

• Function: Decorative crafts, Tabletop Vase, Perfect Gift.
• Glaze type: Blue-and-white.
• Materials & Techniques: Ceramic, Hand-Painted.
• Packaging: Box
• Place of Origin: Jingdezhen, China, the home to handcrafting royal porcelain for royal families worldwide.

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.

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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.

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.

Tianqiuping (‘Globular’ vase) was created during the Ming dynasty. It is characterized by a small mouth, straight neck, globular body, and slightly concave base. During the Qing dynasty particularly in through the Qianlong period these became court favorites and were made using a wide variety of decorations. Among the wide range of antique Chinese vases this particular form is among the most enduring.