Measurements: Height: 38 cm Diam: 37 cm

PROVENANCE: From the Estate of Ronald Gene Arnes (1926-2019) of Chattanooga, Tennessee. A private collector, US Navy World War II Veteran and served in Naval Aviation in Anti-Submarine Warfare, General Motors management for the overseas parts development program.

Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, Blue and white figures jar. This porcelain jar has an open mouth with a slightly out-turned lip, short neck, globular abdomen, heavy on mid, raised on flat round footed base. This jar in blue and white fine color, is an excellent object on exterior with figure horseback riding and the servant, interspersed scrolling ruyi clouds, mountain, flowers bloom, foliage and dense tree. A characteristic heaped and piled effect, the under glaze grayish-blue concentrates in certain areas, bubbling through the surface of the glaze and turning a deep blue-black. This inadvertently gave texture, energy, and shading to the design.

The Neck bears a reign mark, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, Made In The Years of XuanDe Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.

Over all in EXCELLENT Condition.
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