Chinese Ceramic Vase

Lemon-yellow vase with sprouting handles and a square mouth.

This egg shell porcelain vase is from Nanyang, Henan Province, China, and is contemporary. It is egg shell & nanyang porcelain. Eggshell porcelain is a very thin-bodied ware, shaped and fired with great care, which makes it notably light and translucent when held to the light. Glossy bright yellow glaze with fine crackle covers a tall, four-sided body that swells and narrows to a tiny rectangular opening. Two stylized scrolling handles rise from the shoulders, and it stands on a square foot. It is 2.25 inches wide, 2.25 deep and 5.5 high.

Loud in colour, tidy in outline, and not at all shy.