19th century porcelain vase

[Stan]

Hi Peter, I was told that this is a 19th century porcelain vase, the painting is exquisite  and very detailed,  I bought it because I have never seen one of this quality, it is hand painted the decoration is on a robins egg blue ground, there is a little crazing on the top painted areas, the colors appear to be transparent, the vase is a Meiping form and has an apocryphal  four character Qianlong mark, the  vase is 38.73 CM high and 24.13 CM at the widest point, I am hoping that it is an Antique, because I paid a lot of money for it, I have seen similar vases but this one is matchless to none. Thanks Peter for your expert advice,

[Stan]

Here is some more photos, I will send more.

[Stan]

more photos.

[Stan]

here is more photos.

[peterp]

I'm not qualified to give an opinion on this, and it is outside of my comfort zone. I rarely see items of this sort. If authentic, this would probably be imperial. Beautiful vase.

[Stan]

Hi Peter, I just had this vase appraised and it is a newer vase, I was told by the appraiser that it is only worth $200.00 to $300.00 dollars, needless to say I am taking it back, because I was told that it was from the 19th century, your instinct was correct, and I should have known better. I suspected when I bought it that it was a modern vase, but I do not know much about these type of  vases. Like you said, stick to traditional porcelain.

[peterp]

That was what I was suspecting. This mark could only be M&P or new. I don't think it was ever used in the 19th century. Actually, items with very bright colors should make us suspicious, but when we like an item we often let our guard down.
Is this from a local dealer in your place? You don't seem to have problems returning things.

[Stan]

Peter, I hate to say it, but I bought it on ebay, the dealer said it was 19th century, with a 14 day money back guarantee, so I am sending it back, your silence was more of a rebuke than had you just said, stan its new. Oh well live and learn.

[peterp]

Oh no, Stan. That is not what I meant. I was wondering if you had it from a local seller, because I got the impression that returning it was easy. There are still good items on Ebay to have, but there aren't that many sellers who have them. Even those who sell the good ones do occasionally have one that is wrong. I would suggest you use ebay.ca rather than the ebay.com, for searching. The fakes and new ones are everywhere, but I found that the latter has much more sellers offering fakes than the former, for some reason.

[Stan]

Thanks Peter, I will try ebay.ca thanks for that info,