A Chinese porcelain "bamboo neck" vase attractively painted in literati Qianjiang style. On the reverse side is a poem which can be translated as "taste the water from the spring and exhale the essence". It issigned Ye Yi Chun and the well executed calligraphy includes a cyclical dating for the year 1921. The base of this vase carries an iron red Tongzhi seal mark.
Condition: excellent - no chips or cracks and no restoration.
23.5 cm / 9.25 in high