Dimensions; 4.375in H x 9.125in W x 9.125in D PROVENANCE: from the Estate of Senior Chief Petty Officer Aviation Engineer Thomas Clanton, USN Ret., (1935-2019), of Scout Trace, Blairsville and a former lifelong resident of Sarasota, FL. The son of the late Willard Clanton and the late Karen Clanton. Tom was a veteran of the US Navy having given thirty years of service for his country. While in the USN he was stationed in Olongapo Philippines and at Ching Chaun Kang Air Base in Taiwan flying aboard the P3 Orion. The P3 was used for anti-submarine operations and as reconnaissance missions. Since then, Tom begins fascinated and collecting many Oriental Chinese Antiques and Fine Arts. Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, Blue & white Carp lotus pond bowl on stand. The finest porcelain potted with a shallow body, slight deep, thick and bulbous body, with angled cavetto elevated the steep sides upward flaring mouth rim, raised on a small round, with slight concave footing. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white under glazed base color which contrast against the blue fine color, depicted of carp swim around water plants and lotus flowers blooms, enclosed with double fine blue rings lines. Blue and white porcelain in Chinese it is called Qing Hua Ci. It is the most important variety of China’s porcelain. The Carp Similar sounding to the word "Business" in Chinese, the carp symbolizes a wish for benefit or advantage in business, and accepted to represent longevity, wealth, abundance, and perseverance. Elegantly and smooth presented upon a carved zitan hardwood stand with archaic ruyi pattern, created Majestic bowl. The porcelain conformed all required specimen to be high valued Chinese porcelain wares, with finest material, the whiteness, the glaze, and the carving. Without overlap the outlines of the design, clear, subtle, distinct, and the shape is uniformly proportioned. Mark on base, a vertical six underglazed blue script -KaiShu- characters mark, enclosed within a double fine rings, Xuande Reign Period of Great Ming Dynasty.