Chinese Long Neck Vase with Floral Motif

A single oxblood bloom, painted loose and wet, leaning across a white bottle.

This long neck vase with floral motif comes from China and is contemporary, in painted porcelain. Chinese porcelain painters have long borrowed from ink painting, using quick, loose brushwork to suggest flowers and grasses. The vase has a slender neck, flared at the lip, above a tall rounded body. A large deep red blossom with darker veining fills one side, held on thin, knotted brown stems, with green grassy strokes below and dotted buds near the neck. The rest of the glaze is a glossy white. It is 16.5 inches high and 5.25 wide.

Nobody told the flower to stay inside the lines.