Chinees porseleinen dekselvaas – Double Happiness Maat:Medium These commanding French candelabra suit

These commanding French candelabra suit classical interiors and formal salons

A pair of tall ginger jars from China

well suited to a collector of early twentieth-century cat sculpture

Dit is geen antiek en geen origineel artefact

as if space and time were folded over

Chinees porseleinen dekselvaas – Double Happiness Maat:Medium These commanding French candelabra suitThis blue and white porcelain lidded jar is painted in classic cobalt blue with the Shuangxi (Double Happiness) motif, a symbol that sits at the heart of Chinese tradition for good fortune and harmony. A dense scroll of stylised flowers wraps the body. The porcelain is made from an authentic mix of kaolin and petuntse, fired at 1400C. This gives a rock hard, glassy ceramic of substantial weight. You can tell the quality of the material straight away