Jingdezhen Qianlong-Style Underglaze Red Shangping Vase

The eye rises through this vase. Underglaze-red lotus scrolls turn in broad loops around the full lower body, then narrow into ordered borders that carry the composition up the long neck and flared mouth.

The silhouette is a Shangping, often translated as a "reward vase." The Palace Museum traces the form to the Yongzheng reign, when examples decorated with lotus scrolls were presented to officials as an encouragement toward honest service. This contemporary Jingdezhen interpretation joins that history of honorable recognition to the denser symmetry associated with Qianlong-style decoration.

Copper-red pigment is painted beneath the clear glaze and must retain its color through high firing. Against the white porcelain ground, that technically demanding red gives the historical form a warmer and less familiar presence than blue-and-white versions.

At 33 cm / 13.0 in high, the long neck gives the vase a clear vertical role on a console or in a display cabinet. The blue reign mark is decorative. A fitted dark wooden stand and presentation box complete the display.

• Material: Jingdezhen porcelain
• Origin: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
• Form: Shangping, or reward vase
• Decoration: Underglaze-red lotus scrolls with geometric and floral borders
• Design reference: Qianlong-style lotus-scroll composition
• Base mark: Decorative Qianlong-style reign mark
• Height: 33 cm / 13.0 in
• Body diameter: 21 cm / 8.3 in
• Mouth diameter: 12 cm / 4.7 in
• Base diameter: 11 cm / 4.3 in
• Included: Porcelain vase, fitted wooden stand, and presentation box
• Care: Dust with a soft, dry cloth; wipe gently with a lightly damp cloth when needed