PROVENANCE: From Audubon, New Orleans Private Collector. Dimensions: Heigth: 38.5 cm, Diameter: 34.9 cm Chinese Yuan Dynasty Blue and White Phoenix Flowers Porcelain Big Jar. Potted into large jar shape, having thick and tall, globular body heavy on mid, emerging two mythical beast head flanked on the shoulder, gently tapered on short neck, round mouth lip raised on ring foot base slight concave. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white color which contrast against blue fine color, depicted of flying phoenix through flowers bloom interspersed foliage, scrolling interlocking tendril and auspicious pattern. Blue and white porcelain in Chinese it is called Qing Hua Ci. It is the most important variety of China’s porcelain. It was originated in the Yuan Dynasty.The underside unglazed, revealed the pale-creme ground revealed and dark greyish brown spotted firing marks and edge-cut foot rim.