P01 · Tea Cup · One of a kind
Snowy Tea Cup "Visiting a Friend"
A scene of visiting a friend through snow, with ink-wash snow landscape layered in washes. Fully hand-painted, one-of-a-kind, usable as a drinking cup.
A$458AUD · guide price
Porcelain
Seventeen one-of-a-kind pieces from Jingdezhen. Snow is not left blank: it is built up in layers of powdered glass white over a painted structure of ridges, trees and roofs.
Now live · Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
The craft
Hand-painted famille-rose and ink-wash snow landscape.
Yuan Jinming trained under Yan Yangping, a provincial-level representative inheritor of the traditional famille-rose porcelain technique. The brush line reaches back through Xiong Guorui, Xiong Xiaofeng and He Xuren.
Maker series: Yuan Jinming - Snow-Landscape Porcelain.
What the work is about
Snow is among the hardest subjects in Chinese painting, because the bones of the scene must hold before any white can fall. On a curved porcelain body the painter composes for that surface alone.
Each piece is thrown, trimmed and painted by hand, without moulds or transfers. There are no editions and no restocks; once a piece leaves, the snowfall it carries does not return.
The launch series is the only line so far with complete photography, measured dimensions, signed certificates and museum accession records. That is why it is the only category with pieces listed.
17 pieces currently listed
Every piece is one of a kind. Guide prices are in AUD; availability is confirmed by email.
P02 · Vase · One of a kind
Snowy Vase "Spring Garden in Snow"
Fully hand-made one-of-a-kind piece; distinctive celadon glaze, snow-scene inscription and cottage composition, each unique.
A$880AUD · guide price
P03 · Gaiwan Set · One of a kind
Snowy Gaiwan Set
Ink-wash snow landscape painted on the gaiwan and saucer; base mark 'Made in Jingdezhen' in iron-red. One set, one scene; a world of its own on the tea table.
A$620AUD · guide price
P04 · Tea Set · One of a kind
Snowy Tea Set "Jiangnan Spring"
One pot and two cups, snow landscape flowing through all; iron-red and gilt edging. A collector-grade tea set equally fine as gift or for oneself.
A$920AUD · guide price
P05 · Tea Cup · One of a kind
Octagonal Snowy Cup "Plum-seeking"
Octagonal form; a snow-scene figure seeking plum in snow, cold fragrance seen at the facet turns. Fully hand-made one-of-a-kind.
A$298AUD · guide price
P06 · Tea Cup · One of a kind
Snowy Deer Cup "Fortune & Prosperity"
Ochre-red deer motif amid snow forest, punning 'fu-lu' (fortune & prosperity). Snow scene cool, deer warm—rigid and soft in balance.
A$338AUD · guide price
P07 · Bowl · One of a kind
Snowy Landscape Bowl
Ink-wash snow landscape wraps the bowl, with a pearl-chain band below. Dual-use tea or rice bowl, mountains and rivers in daily life.
A$388AUD · guide price
P08 · Vase · One of a kind
Snowy Vase "Frozen Pavilion"
A single display vase paired with P02; famille-rose snow scene wraps the body, celadon base, gilt rim. Equally at home in a display cabinet or on a scholar's desk.
A$880AUD · guide price
P09 · Plate · One of a kind
Snowy Plate "Silent Winter"
26.6 cm large snow plate, famille-rose snow scene full-work continuous, usable as tea-table display or wall hanging; grand yet finely worked.
A$620AUD · guide price
P10 · Plate · One of a kind
Snowy Plate "Plum in Snow"
Same size as P09 large snow plate, different painting; usable as paired display or single plate.
A$620AUD · guide price
P11 · Tea Cup · One of a kind
Snowy Cup "First Snow"
Snow landscape wraps the cup, ink-wash layered in washes. Fully hand-made one-of-a-kind, usable as a drinking cup.
A$338AUD · guide price
P12 · Tea Cup · One of a kind
Snowy Cup "Low Bowl"
Low cup form, warm in the hand, snow landscape spreads along the wall. One-of-a-kind, unique.
A$298AUD · guide price
P13 · Tea Cup · One of a kind
Snowy Cup "Wide Rim"
Wide-rim cup, snow landscape stretches on the wall, tea into the cup like snow falling into a mountain stream.
A$388AUD · guide price
P14 · Tea Cup · One of a kind
Snowy Cup "Tall"
Tall slim cup, snow climbs from base to rim, lone and upright with rhythm.
A$388AUD · guide price
P15 · Tea Cup · One of a kind
Snowy Cup "Classic"
Standard cup form, well-proportioned snow landscape, the choice for daily tea.
A$338AUD · guide price
P16 · Tea Cup · One of a kind
Snowy Cup "Grand"
Grand cup, full and generous, snow landscape on a broad stage, good to drink and to admire.
A$388AUD · guide price
P17 · Tea Cup · One of a kind
Snowy Cup "Slim"
Tall narrow cup, snow climbs the narrow wall, slender and crisp.
A$388AUD · guide price
Admission criteria
What has to be true before a piece from this category can appear here.
- Fully hand-painted, signed and traceable to a named maker
- Small tea wares, display vases and display plates only; large plaques and heavy forms are excluded
- One signed certificate and one unique piece number per work
- A maker with a sustained annual output, so a listed piece does not vanish from the shelf immediately
- Photographs of the actual object, its dimensions and its certificate before listing
Evidence on hand
Stated as fact only where a document or a photograph can be shown.
- Three certificate photographs are published on the maker page
- Jiangxi Provincial Museum accession numbers SC10000721 and SC10000715
- Seventeen measured pieces with studio photography
Guide prices, planned ranges, category scores and compliance claims are not published for preparing categories. Nothing here is a promise of availability.