A Glistening Spring
By • April 5, 2017 0 1259
Nothing speaks “spring” like blue and white porcelain. Walking up Wisconsin Avenue on a recent crisp yet warm afternoon, I noticed an abundance of glistening blue and white porcelain in the shops of the 1400, 1500 and 1600 blocks. The eye-catching displays inspired me to make my home “spring ready” for Easter, Passover or possibly Earth Day — both inside and out. Welcome spring!
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- A fine, early 18th-century blue and white porcelain charger, decorated with stylized peaches and chrysanthemums upon a foliate ground.
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- A late 19th-century (Qing Dynasty) blue and white porcelain jar.
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- Another Kangxi-era piece, c. 1700. The baluster-shaped jar is painted in underglaze blue with a flying phoenix and a peony. The neck has a continuous Ruyi head motif.
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- A blue and white porcelain “Phoenix” jar from the Kangxi Emperor’s reign (1654-1722).
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- Blue and white porcelain from the Ming-Kangxi period.
