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: 16 cm, Diam.: 31 cm Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Garden Palace Motif Porcelain Lidded Box. The porcelain box is in a circular form, correspondence dome lid and there is a tongue at the outer rims for fitting the lid. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white color which contrast against blue fine color, depicted of folk walking relax on the garden palace bellow dense trees, flowers bloom. The glaze is seamless and gives off a beautiful luster, with the colors maintaining excellent vibrancy. The Rim-base bears a reign mark, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, Made in The Years of Xuande Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.