Jar

This piece with a Kangxi reign mark was an imitation of wujin ware. Although the mark reads reading daqing Kangxi nianzhi ("produced during the Kangxi reign of the great Qing dynasty"), other factors indicate that this is an imitation. Because of the legendary status of wujin wares, many reproductions were later made. Genuine Kangxi wujin ware survives in small numbers and were commonly painted with gold. The lighter quality of the body and glaze that characterize this piece lacks the disposition of true Kangxi wujin wares such as (cat. no. 553).