Chinese Qing Dynasty porcelain moon vase. Molded into a compressed globular body, with a straight narrow neck to round banded rim, raised on splayed concave oval foot base. Two lemon yellow ribbon looped handles flanked from collar to the neck. The main body decorated with enormous front facing iron-red imperial five-claws dragons amidst underglazed blue fumes clouds and flames above wavy Lishui water. With a centralized blazing pearl looms beneath the gaze of the dragon. Banded with fine rings on the rim. All reserved against the pale-yellow underglaze ground. The shape is uniformly proportioned, without overlap of the outlines, well drawn, clear, subtle, and distinct.
The under-base bears a reign mark, a six underglazed blue seal script characters reign mark, Made in The Years of Qianlong Reign Period of Great Qing Dynasty. Measurements: Height: 12 3/4" Width: 9 3/8"PROVENANCE: From Pennsylvania private collectors, Family Inherited. Original Receipt dated on May 8th, 1892. Bought from H.A. Eberhardt & Son Inc. of 210 Walnut ST, Philadelphia, PA. The Collections of Keller's family presented and offered up to auctions from Lot-179 through Lot-200.