Blue and white Qianglong Hu shaped vase

[Teunis van Eijk]

Good afternoon,

I have bought this vase and I was almost sure that it was a late copy.
I put it for sale and now somebody started to bid on the vase 3 times my asking price.
Can you tell me if this is a late copy?
I examined the bubbles and on the white they are all different sizes, as soon as they hit the blue they are miniscule and at some spots where the blue is very dark there aren't any.
In my opinion the painting is not as acurate as on the early valuable vases.

Regards,
Teunis

[peterp]

I agree with you, I do not think it is of the period. The blue color itself also points to something later.  The mark is a minyao mark. If it were more recent, I would think they would rather use an imperial mark. Dirt of this color, as present on the foot rim, is often artificially added to make items look older. You will have to judge based on the presence of other age signs if it could be late Qing or early 20th century, or if it is later.