Front view of the full-branch Dehua vase with red and blush plum blossom relief

Dehua Hand-Modeled Plum Blossom Porcelain Vases

Full-Branch Straight-Neck
$498.00
$498.00
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Front view of the full-branch Dehua vase with red and blush plum blossom relief
  • Front view of the full-branch Dehua vase with red and blush plum blossom relief
  • Rear view of the ivory-white plum blossom vase on its black stand
  • Applied plum branch and blossoms projecting from the porcelain body
  • Close view of red and blush ceramic plum blossoms with dark stamens
  • Short straight neck and rolled rim of the ivory-white Dehua vase
  • Close angled view of the full plum tree relief across the porcelain vase
  • Angled view of the full-branch plum blossom vase and black stand
  • Full view of the tall Dehua vase with a plum tree rising from the foot
Dehua Hand-Modeled Plum Blossom Porcelain Vases

Dehua Hand-Modeled Plum Blossom Porcelain Vases

$498.00
$498.00
Design

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Red and blush plum blossoms grow across a tall ivory-white body in two compositions. One builds a full tree from the foot upward; the other leaves more of the porcelain visible, with a branch circling the shoulder and a few petals falling below. Both share a short straight neck and a dark fitted stand.

Plum blossom is prized in Chinese art because it flowers in winter, making it a long-standing emblem of resolve and renewal. The theme is especially effective in relief: the trunk projects from the body, individual blossoms cast small shadows, and the undecorated glaze becomes part of the composition.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds a nineteenth-century Dehua vase with applied plum-blossom decoration, placing raised prunus firmly within Dehua's historical vocabulary. These contemporary colored interpretations bring that tradition forward in two distinct compositions: one abundant, one deliberately spare.

The choice is therefore more than color. The full-branch design creates a flowering tree that carries the eye upward; the spare-branch version uses open ivory-white glaze as part of the composition. Both offer the symbolism of winter endurance and spring renewal in a 45 cm sculptural form.

  • Origin: Dehua, Fujian, China
  • Material: High-fired porcelain
  • Craft: Hand-modeled and applied plum blossom relief; the product material records firing at 1,380°C / 2,516°F
  • Motif: Red and blush plum blossoms
  • Full-Branch Straight-Neck: 45.0 cm H × 17.5 cm W × 18.0 cm D / 17.7 in H × 6.9 in W × 7.1 in D
  • Spare-Branch Slender: 45.0 cm H × 16.5 cm W × 17.0 cm D / 17.7 in H × 6.5 in W × 6.7 in D
  • Included: Porcelain vase and fitted black display stand
  • Handling: Lift from the undecorated body rather than the projecting blossoms and branches

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