Dimensions: 10.25in H Stunning, Rare, Chinese 17/18th Century Qing Dynasty Period, Yongzheng Eggplant Purple monochrome glaze porcelain pear bottle vase. The porcelain potted in Chinese traditional YuHuChun shape vessel, the pear shaped bottle vase, a bottom-heavy body tapered gracefully to slender waisted neck flaring at the open lip, supported on short foot base and slight concave footing base. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in purple black underglaze base color. Purple in traditional Chinese symbolism it stands for divinity and immortality. In modern times, Purple is being used to represent Love or Romance in China just as red color does in the West. Younger consumers are highly attracted to Purple when it is used in brands and for marketing. Meticulous finish sgraffito geometric flori petals on the foot base rim and on the shoulder. 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. The foot rim reveals the cut edges during the making process left unglazed with grayish creme-brown ground. The porcelain conformed all required specimen to be high valued Chinese porcelain wares, with finest material, the whiteness, the glaze, and the carving. Without overlap the outlines of the design, well carved, clear, subtle, distinct, and the shape is uniformly proportioned. The Under-base bears a reign mark, a six underglaze blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine blue rings, Made In The Years of Yongzheng Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty. See More