Description
Antique Chinese black ceramic round vase (c.1880).
This piece is estimated to be around 140 years old, with the approximate year of manufacture being 1880. Our ancient Chinese vase is 30cm high and 40cm in diameter. It was recovered from Shanxi Province in a perfect state of preservation. It is a unique piece of ancient pottery, handcrafted according to the standards of the time. It is currently difficult to find pieces of this age in such excellent state of conservation.
- Ref.: AM02022
- Dimensions: 30cm Diameter x 40cm Height
- Antiquity: 140 years
- Material: Ceramics
- Origin: China, Shanxi
– HISTORIC NOTE –
The ancient Chinese Empire was for many centuries a benchmark in the manufacture of vases and other ceramic articles. Chinese porcelain vases were world famous and appreciated by the European royal elites as a symbol of power, status and social position.
While ceramics per se are known globally, the details of the manufacturing and especially the distinction between different qualities of ceramics remain quite unknown to the public. In general lines, two large groups can be distinguished: low temperature firing ceramics and high temperature firing ceramics. Porcelain is the example of high temperature firing that begins to cook at 1000 degrees. On the other hand, ceramics composed basically of clay are fired from 400 degrees and do not have the hardness that porcelain can obtain. For this reason, low-temperature ceramics have had a basically ornamental use.
This decorative round vase was made with the desire to attract the good omens of happiness and joy to your home. Our antique vases are unique pieces specially selected to be part of timeless spaces and combine perfectly with one of our sideboards and antique cabinets .
