PROVENANCE:

William Worthing March (1940 - 2023) was the proud owner of a kennel club in Florida where he raised racing greyhounds in his early career. Later in life he became a jeweler and opened his own jewelry store. It was through this business that he was able to purchase from estates a collection of fine porcelains that have been consigned to us to sell at auction. During his career he had the opportunity to travel to many foreign countries also adding to his collection.

Dimensions: 17.5 cm, Width: 13.8 cm, Height: 31 cm

Chinese Republic Period Famille Rose Porcelain Bottle Zong Vase. Potted in Zong shape vase, thick and tall, squared body, with short circle opening mouth and foot base, raised on round shallow foot. Essentially tubes with a square cross-section and a circular hole. The shape of the Zong with its square and circular shape could be interpreted as the unity of heaven and earth where the square represents the earth and a circle represents the heaven. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in white base color which contrast against famille rose design color, depicted of sampan boat sailing over peace Lishui river surround with tree, flowers bloom, rocky rock and mountain, all in salubrious landscape. Mountain is one of the eight trigrams in Feng Shui and Yi Jing. Of these Taishan is considered the most important and stones from the mountain were often placed in towns across China as a lucky charm.

Over all in EXCELLENT Condition.
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