Measurements: Height: 9.5 cm Diam: 14 cm

PROVENANCE: From the Estate of Leroy Gaylor, Sr. (1933-2021) of Cartersville, Georgia. Private Collector, US Marine Corp Veteran, Engineers of major electrical company that helped build power grids in Asia.

Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, Chenghua Doucai floral porcelain water pot. This porcelain has a globular body, small, short neck, round open lip, raised on round flat base rim. The exterior hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white under glazed base color which contrast against doucai design color, is outlined in under glaze blue and filled in with over glaze colored enamels except blue colors which fit together but also contrasting or joined colors. Depicted of flowers bloom, green foliage above thrashing lishui wavy waves. The Lines of the drawings are clear, the light and dark shades are subtle.

The Under-base bears a reign mark, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine blue rings, Made In The Years of Chenghua Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.

Over all in EXCELLENT Condition.
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