PROVENANCE: From the Collections of Franklin Wood (1924-2019) Cartersville, GA. Franklin was born in a small farmhouse near White GA in 1924. After spending his early childhood on the family farm the family moved to the City of Cartersville where he attended school graduating in 1942. Franklin entered the Navy as a cadet aviator. On March 3, 1943, John was commissioned an Ensign and received his Wings of Gold, becoming one of the Navy's youngest naval aviators. In 1947, Franklin was retired from the Navy. He was a civilian flight instructor, supervisor and squadron commander in the Primary Training Squadron Flying Training Air Force. He met his wife Ying Su while she was attending flight training safety courses. Ying Su came from a prominent family in China. Her family blessed her marriage with numerous pieces of porcelains and Jade. The items in this sale are from her collection. Dimensions (cm): Diameter: 29 Height: 61 Chinese Qing Dynasty Period Yellow glazed Blue & white vase. The Porcelain potted in a amphora shaped vase, large, thick and tall, globular on mid body, rounded shoulder concealing gracefully to a prominent cylindrical neck, with emerging slight flaring ring mouth rim, raised with short splayed foot base rim and slight concave. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in lemon yellow under glazed base color which contrast against the cobalt blue fine color, depicted of ripe peaches and Fu Bats amongst flowers blooms, scrolling tendril, arrays of tropical leaves patterns and bordered with dense of floral diaper surrounding Bajixiang symbols. The glaze is seamless and gives off a beautiful luster, with the colors maintaining excellent vibrancy. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. Mark on base, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine rings, Made In The Years of Yongzheng Reign Period of Great Qing Dynasty.