PROVENANCE: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Private collector.

Dimensions: Height: 53.8 cm, Diam: 31 cm

Chinese Ming Dynasty XuanDe Blue and White Porcelain Plum Bottle Vase. The porcelain potted into a traditional Meiping form, large, thick and tall potted, wide body on shoulder, slender neck easing to form narrow opening, with emerging slight flaring ring mouth rim, raised on round foot base, with slight concave. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in white base color which contrast against blue fine color, depicted of lotus flowers blooms interspersed foliage and scrolling interlocking tendril. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.The Shoulder bears a reign mark, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, Made in The Years XuanDe Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.

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