Jingdezhen Xuande-Style Blue-and-White Pine, Bamboo and Plum Yuhuchun Vase
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A hand-painted Jingdezhen blue-and-white Yuhuchun vase with pine, bamboo and plum motifs, high-fired for quiet tabletop and cabinet display.
This is a contemporary Xuande-style blue-and-white Yuhuchun vase, not presented as an antique. The form keeps the softened pear-shaped body, narrow neck, and gently flared mouth associated with the Yuhuchun silhouette, giving the painted decoration a clear vertical rhythm.
The porcelain body is made in Jingdezhen from porcelain stone and kaolin. The cobalt decoration is painted by hand, covered with a clear glaze, and high-fired at approx. 1300°C. After firing, the blue sits beneath the glaze, with darker cobalt gathering along branches, leaves, and fine outlines.
The main decoration follows the Chinese Three Friends of Winter theme: pine, bamboo, and plum. Pine branches give the composition structure, while bamboo leaves and plum blossoms move across the white porcelain ground. A banana-leaf band circles the neck, with scrolling lotus detail below it and a lotus-petal border near the foot.
At 26 cm tall, the vase is made for close viewing rather than grand architectural display. It belongs naturally on a tea table, writing desk, cabinet, sideboard, or study shelf, where the curve of the body and the brushwork can be seen at close range.
- Material: Porcelain stone and kaolin
- Origin: Jingdezhen, China
- Craft: Hand-painted blue-and-white porcelain
- Form: Yuhuchun vase
- Motifs: Pine, bamboo, plum blossom, banana leaf, scrolling lotus, lotus-petal border
- Firing: High-fired at approx. 1300°C / 2372°F
- Height: 26 cm / 10.2 in
- Mouth diameter: 8 cm / 3.1 in
- Belly diameter: 17 cm / 6.7 in
- Base diameter: 10.3 cm / 4.1 in
- Base mark: Decorative Xuande-style reign mark
- Heritage note: Contemporary Jingdezhen work in a Ming Xuande-style blue-and-white vocabulary; not presented as an antique.
- Care: Dust with a soft microfiber cloth. Avoid abrasive cleaners, hard scrubbing, and prolonged water immersion.