MING BLUE & WHITE GOURD BOTTLE

PROVENANCE:
From Clayton, Delaware Private Collector.

Dimensions (cm): Heigth: 52.8 Diam.: 24.5

Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue and White Cranes Porcelain Gourd Bottle Vase . The porcelain potted in a shape of double gourd bottle vase, with two bulbous bellies conjoined together, round opening lip, raised on ring foot base and slighty concave. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white base color which contrast against blue fine color, depicted of many flying cranes through cumulus clouds, vapors and banded with arrays of tropical leaves patterns. There is not any overlap of the outlines, its well carved, clear, subtle, and distinct.The underside unglazed, revealed the pale-creme ground revealed and dark greyish brown spotted firing marks and edge-cut foot rim.
Condition Report: Over all in EXCELLENT Condition.Wilmington Galleries provides condition reports as a courtesy to our clients and assumes no liability for any error or omission. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, and is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to age, condition, mater. The bidder assumes responsibility for ensuring that the condition of the item(s) meets with their satisfaction prior to bidding. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.