Help identifying a porcelain vessel (?)

Morning!

I couldn't pass on this vessel. Love everything about it!

I suspect it's a satsuma style...which makes me think it's Japanese. Base fits like a glove, so it was made specifically for this "vase".

What is this? Why such pastel colors? Age? Origin? Is the base iron or bronze?


Thank you so much!

 

Size?

 

12"L x 6"H x 8"W

 

I think it's a Chinese piece. The mark and description of the ware seem to be consistent with this.

https://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturychina.shtml

Hua Ping Tang Zhi - Hua Ping Hall Make
Non typical Chinese ware with thinly applied enamels. Similar to the WL1895 wares and also to the Hong Kong manufacturer United Wilson. All pieces with marks of this kind appears to date to the last quarter of the 20th century.

One example of many they show next to your mark.

 

Interesting. Thank you! Is this still considered a vase?

 

Kinda looks like a soup tureen to me, but WDIK!! Very NICE!! @say_it_slowly??

I'd have to put a gorgeous artificial flower arrangement, else kill whatever live went in there with my 'black thumb'!!!!!!!!!

 

Maybe call it a cache pot though it's in the shape of a monteith which were used to place wine bottles or glasses held in place by the notched rim.

http://uncorked.winterthur.org/consumption-equipage/monteiths/



"Monteiths, filled with cool water or ice, were used for chilling wine bottles and cooling or rinsing wine glasses; the latter were inverted and hung from the notched rim. The earliest written mention of monteiths may be by Anthony á Wood, an Oxford diarist writing in 1683."

 

Test the base with a magnet to find out if it is iron. Bronze could be 'slightly' magnetic if there is nickel in it.

 

Nice item, as others have said it looks like fairly recent Chinese, but it looks nicely made and some of these reproductions are quite expensive.

The mark on the bottom says Huarong Tang Zhi (huarong tang made). Huarong Tang was a porcelain maker in China at the end of the Qing dynasty and made high quality items for export. Presumably they have been reproduced as with your item here although I would just have someone perhaps look it over at a decent local auction house in case it is original.

Here is a similar one https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/large-chinese-porcelain-15-bowl-1902990123

@Liana I don't have this mark in my database yet, are you OK if I use your image to add it in - many thanks.

 

Thank you so much! Definitely use the mark or any pictures you'd like!

 

I think I feel a bit of a pull, barely there... So not iron.

 

Interesting! Thanks so much!