210 - Large gourd decorated with flowers, China, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century

Large gourd decorated with flowers, China, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century Underglaze blue decorated porcelain. Dimensions not indicated. Large-format vessel with a slightly flattened globular body and oval profile, crowned by a gently flared cylindrical neck, flanked by two chimera-shaped handles modeled in high relief. The surface is entirely covered with a lush floral motif of peonies, carnations, and vegetal scrolls, executed in an intense cobalt blue of remarkable depth and precision. A band of stylized waves encircles the base of the neck, providing an ornamental rhythm that balances the composition. The piece reveals exceptional technical mastery, with fine porcelain, confident drawing, and perfectly applied glaze. The apocryphal Qianlong mark reinforces its stylistic connection to imperial productions, placing the piece within the great 19th-century Jingdezhen ceramic tradition, where decorative mastery reached one of its zeniths.