Both vases in this pair share the same pale celadon-white ground and the same hand-painted motif, small yellow narcissus blooms rising from a base of slender green leaves, worked in the same soft, confident brushwork on each. Where they differ slightly is the neck: one carries a small pinched, brown-glazed mouth, the other a wider, more open opening, a natural variation from hand-thrown production rather than a flaw, though worth noting since it's not a perfectly identical pair in silhouette. The succulent shown in the wider-necked vase is styling only and isn't included, but it does show off how well that particular neck shape can hold a small live plant or cut stem. Displayed together, the shared motif and palette read as a set even with the small difference in form, an easy way to add a matched note to a shelf or console without needing two vases that are mirror images of each other.
*Era: Vintage
*Origin: China, hand-painted decorative ceramic tradition
*Material: Ceramic with a pale celadon-white glaze and hand-painted polychrome decoration
*Size: 4.5"(Diameter) x 4.5"(H) each, sold as a pair (note: the two necks differ slightly in shape, see description)
*Color: Pale celadon-white ground, hand-painted yellow narcissus blooms with green leaf detailing; one vase has a brown-glazed pinched mouth, the other a wider open neck
*Condition: Wear consistent with age & use, blemishes and imperfections will be present.
A pair of hand-painted Chinese ceramic vases with a matching yellow narcissus motif on a pale celadon-white ground, with two slightly different neck shapes from hand-thrown production.
Why do the two necks look different? Small variation in neck shape between two otherwise matching pieces is typical of hand-thrown ceramic production, each vase was shaped individually rather than pressed from a single mold, so a pair like this reads as matched in motif and palette without being perfectly identical in silhouette.
**Please bear in mind that colors of products shown may vary slightly from their original color due to monitor display settings or photography studio
