24" Classic Blue and White Hexagonal Lotus Porcelain Vase, Ceramic Vase Jingdezhen, China Qing Style （D8）

This vase is gorgeous, came fast and packed with care. Love it!

There are two main problems with this vase. First, the top and bottom quarters of the vase are dark cobalt blue while the middle half is pale/ medium blue. Second, the borders between the two areas are discontinuous and smudged. It appears that the underglaze has been done with transfers, and very poorly. They do not even remotely match (see photos). This never came out of Jingdezhen unless it was the backdoor. Knowing the normal quality and cost of real Jingdezhen I did not expect this to be ‘real Jingdezhen’ but I expected a reasonable quality facsimile. Unfortunately I was disappointed. Returned for refund.

I LOVE this vase. The blues are very deep and vibrant and the background is, if not absolutely white, is definitely white and not a gray at all which is so common in these chinoiserie vases. It looks lovely against my white walls and navy curtains. I will say that I think it is very expensive. Maybe I am underestimating its true value, but this price seems very high to me. But I guess it is what the market will bear - and I was willing to use my Amazon POINTS to buy this by kidding myself into believing i did not REALLY pay that high a price because it was "just" POINTS. At any rate, I do love it and am glad I got it. If you like chinoiserie as I do, you will enjoy this vase.

Too large.

This was an unexpectedly beautiful work of art!

A beautiful vase love it

Quality decor

Very pretty