PROVENANCE: From Farragut, TN Private Collector. Dimensions: Heigth: 26 cm, Diameter: 15.2 cm Chinese Qing Dynasty Qianlong Yellow Glazed Porcelain Gourd Bottle Vase. Potted in a shape of double gourd resemblance, with two bulbous bellies conjoined together, bulbous lower section finishing into a slender bottleneck at the top, suspending a cylindrical neck, raised on ring foot base and slighty concave. Warm and uniform yellow glaze applied to the surface, only the outer bottom is white glazed. Yellow is an imperial color in Chinese Dynasty color symbolism, representing power, royalty, prosperity and the earth in traditional Chinese culture.The Under-base bears a reign mark, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark. Made in The Years QianLong Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.