PROVENANCE:
From the Collections of Franklin Wood (1924-2019) Cartersville, GA. Franklin was born in a small farmhouse near White GA in 1924. After spending his early childhood on the family farm the family moved to the City of Cartersville where he attended school graduating in 1942. Franklin entered the Navy as a cadet aviator. On March 3, 1943, John was commissioned an Ensign and received his Wings of Gold, becoming one of the Navy's youngest naval aviators. In 1947, Franklin was retired from the Navy. He was a civilian flight instructor, supervisor and squadron commander in the Primary Training Squadron Flying Training Air Force. He met his wife Ying Su while she was attending flight training safety courses. Ying Su came from a prominent family in China. Her family blessed her marriage with numerous pieces of porcelains and Jade. The items in this sale are from her collection.

Dimensions (cm): Height: 21 Length: 18 Width: 9

Chinese Qing Dynasty Period Amphora Famille Rose Vase . The Porcelain potted in a amphora shaped vase, thick and tall, slightly oval and rectangles body, tapered gracefully toward straight short cylindrical neck, emerging with slight flaring mouth rim, emerging Fu dogs head with free rings on the shoulder, raised with short rectangle foot base and slight concave. The exterior hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white under glazed base color which contrast against enamel design Famille rose translates to the pink family on a colored ground decoration, depicted of some elder and young boy on the terrace pavilion surrounded with rocky rock, dense tree and thrashing Lishui waves, all in scrolling interlocking ruyi form. Surrounded with hundred interlocking gilt foliage. The Lines of the drawings are clear, the light and dark shades are subtle. The colors are harmonious, elegant and exquisite, the composition is sophisticated, simply a feast for the eye.

Mark on base, a six red seal script characters reign mark, Made In The Years of Qianlong Reign Period of Great Qing Dynasty.

In EXCELLENT condition over all.
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