KANGXI BLUE AND WHITE VASE

KANGXI BLUE AND WHITE VASE

Height 300 mm

Its beautiful and big and is in excellent condition

Double circle at base The use of imperial reign marks (nianhao) on porcelain had become a regular feature of ceramic production by the 15th century in Ming China. Concurrently, the habit has started  of using double circles to enclose such reign marks on the bottoms of vases.

When the Qing dynasty succeeded the Ming in 1644, the use of nianhao initially continued but was suspended for a period by imperial edict during the Kangxi reign (1660-1722). Before the use of nianhao was again authorized, some kilns continued applying double circles to porcelains to suggest a reign mark.

The later use of a stand-alone double circle in place of reign mark was intended to link the porcelain to the Kangxi era.