PROVENANCE: From Celina, TX Private Collector. Dimensions: Heigth: 22.3 cm, Diameter: 20.9 cm Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue and White Pen Holder. Potted in thick, cylindrical body, trump, round mouth lip, raised with round flat foot base. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white base color which contrast against blue fine color, depicted of Fu lion in the corner of valley beside rocky rock, flowers bloom, foliage and flaming vapors. There is not any overlap of the outlines, its well carved, clear, subtle, and distinct.The underside unglazed, revealed the pale-creme ground revealed and dark greyish brown spotted firing marks and edge-cut foot rim.