guangxu jars

[ssbill]

Hello,
In your opinion, do these jars look like early 20th pieces?

[peterp]

The bottom looks as if it was republic period at least.

[ssbill]

Thank you peter, is it true the white just be more opaque and less translucid?

[peterp]

Never heard of this. Apart from the pristine looking glaze, the connection of the foot rim to the interior base does also not look like Qing.

[Stan]

The scrolling lotus design and decoration is the same as ones coming out of China now, even with the nice Guangxu mark, the Qing and republic would have a much nicer decoration, in my opinion.

[bokaba]

ssbill, I remember reading in a book, trying to remember the source, that so-called "snow" or bleach white glaze only existed starting in the Republic period (and briefly during part of the Yongzheng reign).