PROVENANCE: John Gorse (1945-2020) of Charleston, SC. A business entrepreneurs, private collectors. A retired as senior vice president for legal and regulatory affairs in 1981. After retirement he focused his efforts on revitalizing the local area and philanthropy. His entrepreneurial drive continually motivated him to privately invest in real estate ventures and many other businesses. In addition to his impressive business acumen, he was a man of artistic pursuits, collecting antiques, porcelains, oriental rugs, and artwork of many different genres. Dimensions: Height: 53 cm, Diam.: 26.5 cm Chinese Ming Dynasty Jiajing Wucai Dragon and Scrolling Floral Motif Porcelain Garlic Vase. The porcelain potted in garlic bottle vase, bulbous lower belly, thick, straight cylindrical neck, with shr ink on the neck middle to enlarge onion head shape, raised on ring foot base with slight concaved foot base. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white base color which contrast against wucai design color, depicted of Imperial dragon are borne in floating clouds, flame, above Lishui waves. Which attracting unceasingly admiration. The clouds and dragon patterns are vivid and have distinctive characteristics of the times. The Under-base bears a reign mark, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, enclosed with double fine blue rings lines. Made in The Years Jiajing Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.