PROVENANCE: From Bluffton, SC Private Collector. Dimensions: Heigth: 35.8 cm, Diameter: 36.7 cm Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue and White Figure Porcelain Big Jar. Potted into large jar shape, having thick and tall, globular body heavy on shoulder, short cylindrical neck with round mouth lip and raised on ring foot base slight concave. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in brown base color which contrast against clean white fine color, depicted of immortals and figures seating relax playing xiangqi surrounded with cranes, deers, dense tree and scrolling ruyi clouds. 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.