Chinese Vase with Floral Motif

Two blue morning glories open wide on a very white jar.

This vase with floral motif is from China and dates to the 20th century. It is painted porcelain. Chinese porcelain painters have long used loose, brushy underglaze blue to suggest flowers and vines, in a style borrowed from ink painting. This vase has a rounded body, a short neck and a plain white mouth. Two large blue blossoms with starry white centers sit side by side, with green stems, tendrils and a scatter of dark flecks below them. The glaze is smooth and glossy. It is 10 inches wide, 10 deep and 12 high.

Painted fast, and it shows to the vase's credit.