Chinese Ming Dynasty Jiajing Sancai glazed landscape motif porcelain helmet jar. The shape having thick potted body, sturdily potted in a bulbous body, gently tapered on shoulder toward prominent straight neck with wide opening. The baluster jar is capped by a dome lid, cylindrical lid, resembled form of general's helmet, and crowned with simple bud finial, raised on flat base. All reserved in famille jaune egg-yellow underglaze base color which contrast against the fresh green fine color. Meaning the "yellow family". This is a variant of the famille verte enamel palette in which the ground is covered with yellow enamel. The main body adorned with group with young boy in various pursuit with their parent among sturdy branch with dense leaves tree, meadow, peace Lishui river, scrolling ruyi clouds, all in a salubrious garden landscape. The neck festooned with repeating interlocking key fret, enclosed with double fine blue fine rings lines. The foot base rim decorated with cresting wavy Lishui water, below flame clouds, enclosed with double fine blue fine rings lines. The dome lid decorated with same continuous main body painting, enclosed with double fine blue fine rings lines. The foot rim reveals the cut edges during the making process, and the base left unglazed with grayish creme-brown ground and dark spots of firing marks. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. The Under-base bears a reign mark, a vertical six underglaze blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine blue rings lines, Made In The Years of Jiajing Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty. Dimensions: Height: 10.375 inch x Width/Diameter: 6.125 inch x Length/Depth: 6.125 inch Dimensions in Centimeter: 26.4 cm x 15.6 cm x 15.6 cmPROVENANCE: Tallahase, FL. Retired Lecturer, private collectors.