PROVENANCE: From Bluffton, SC Private Collector. Dimensions: Heigth: 16.1 cm, Diameter: 19.5 cm Chinese Qing Dynasty KangXi Blue and White Pen Holder. Potted in thick, cylindrical body, straight body, 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 hundred Chinese calligraphy lettering inscriptions poems, followed with artist's signature and blue seals on the lower left side. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.The Under-base bears a reign mark, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark. Made in The Years KangXi Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.