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: 28 cm, Diam.: 34 cm Chinese Yuan Dynasty Blue & white Battle Scene motif Porcelain Jar On Carved Hardwood Stand. This porcelain has an round open mouth with a slightly out-turned lip, short neck leads to a convex bulging mid belly with a shr ink bottom, raised on the ring foot base slight concave. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white base color which contrast against blue fine color, depicted of two generals horseback riding war surrounded flowers bloom, foliage, rocky path and bellow dense tree, enclosed with auspicious petals. Blue and white porcelain in Chinese it is called Qing Hua Ci. It is the most important variety of China porcelain. It was originated in the Yuan Dynasty. Its color does not easily fade and durability is longer. It used cobaltous oxide as the colorant. The white glaze is thick, smooth with contrast color. While the blue and white glaze used plain materials, elegant and pleasant. The underside unglazed, revealed the pale-creme ground revealed and dark greyish brown spotted firing marks and edge-cut foot rim.