PROVENANCE: From waldorf, MD Private Collector. Measurements: Height: 25 cm, Diam.: 17 cm Chinese Qing Dynasty QianLong Ge Klin Glazed Motif Porcelain Zong Vase. The Porcelain potted in Zong shape vase, thick and tall, squared body, with short circle opening mouth and foot base, raised on round shallow foot. Essentially tubes with a square cross-section and a circular hole, having rib molded corners in form of a traditional hair pin along the sides stacked as modules, one atop another. The shape of the Zong with its square and circular shape could be interpreted as the unity of heaven and earth where the square represents the earth and a circle represents the heaven. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in grayish underglazed base color which contrast against the Ge design color. Distinctive GE crackled glaze also known as jinsi tiexian which translates to mean gold floss and iron thread which details the look of several lines that appear in the crackled surface. 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. in The Years QianLong Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.