Chinese Ming style blue and white paneled double gourd vase, having bands of auspicious roundels and lappets above a top gourd decorated with flying cranes, auspicious cloud forms, four trigrams and penglai, the mountain of the Immortals, surmounting a bottom gourd decorated with reserves containing the Eight Immortals, all on a lotus scroll ground, the underside having a blue underglaze six character mark, 13.25"h x 6"w. H33CM. Provenance: American private collection.