LUXTORIUS, Double gourd Ming vase resemblance, bulbous lower section converging into a lemon-shape midsection and finishing into a slender bottleneck at the top. The bottom forms a substantial ring-base with a flat offset face. Delicately around the exterior with variegate tones shades of cobalt blue and clean white underglaze base color. The upper neck and the foot base rim decorated with auspicious pattern and the key fret pattern, banded with double fine blue ring lines on the rim border. The upper main body and lower body bulbous decorated with immortals relax and standing on the landscape of big villa terrace, interspersed with scrolling ruyi and flower blooms. The mid center decorated with flying crane , scrolling ruyi clouds, auspicious pattern and interlocking tendril, foliage with lotus blooms flower. The porcelain conformed all required specimen to be high valued Chinese porcelain wares, with finest material, the whiteness, the glaze, the carving, and the shape. Without overlap the outlines of the design, well carved, clear, subtle, and distinct. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.Measurements: 18-1/4" H x 9-5/8" Diam. Stand: 2-1/2" H PROVENANCE: From the collections of Mrs. Gillilan estates from Kensington, W. These items were purchased by a prominent antiques collector in June of 1925 from HAMPTON & SONS on the premises. Seeking historical and collectible items he attended numerous auctions and estate sales in the area.The same provenance collections offered at this Auctions can be found on Lot-30 Through Lot-56.LOT NOTES: In China, the double-gourd or bottle-gourd, Hulu, has traditionally provided a very popular form for vases and ewers. In addition to their attractive shape, bottle-gourds are associated with a number of different auspicious wishes. Because natural gourds have many seeds, they have been regarded as symbols of extensive progeny. Indeed, one of their attributes is believed to be bringing hundreds of sons, Hulu baizi. The pronunciation of the Chinese word for bottle-gourd varies in different parts of China, and in some areas it is close to Fulu - Fu being blessings, and lu being an official salary - hence it is associated with good fortune and wealth.