Chinese Qing Dynasty Qianlong Emperor Reign period Octagonal porcelain brush holder. Masterly carved in octagonal tall body, thick Chinese porcelain, with angled shoulder of an octagonal shape body, smooth rising straight to the gallery mouth, raised on small round ring on every underside foot octagonal panel. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the greyish brown fine color. Each panel decorated with rich shades on mountain landscape with peacefully mind describe the continues heavenly Hua San mountain landscape with abundant flower blooms, lush tree, Lishui water fall, bridge, foot path to big pavilion, interspersed with hundred deer and carp. The mid of each panel Hua san landscape continuous adorned Chinese calligraphy poem with a ruby-red reign mark of Qianlong Emperor period. The colors are harmonious, elegant and exquisite, the composition is sophisticated, simply a feast for the eye. The porcelain conformed all required specimen to be high valued Chinese porcelain wares, with finest material, the whiteness, the glaze, the carving, and the shape. Without overlap the outlines of the design, well carved, clear, subtle, and distinct. This piece displays a subtle sheen as the light ricochets across the finely exterior, glazed smooth, brilliant with a moist appearance, the finishing meticulous.Measurements: Height 3-7/8" Width: 3-1/8"PROVENANCE:From the estate of Harold & Mousser, of York, Pennsylvania, an entrepeneurs, private collections, acquired pre-1970's from Fluhrer's Galleries, York, PA. The Collections of Harold & Mousser presented and offered up to auctions from Lot-81 through Lot-121.Lot Notes:The Under-base bears reign mark, a six underglaze red seal script characters reign mark, Made In The Years of Qianlong Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty. Lot Notes:Many mountains in China are sacred, some to Daoist, some to Buddhists and some to both. In folk religion each mountain has its own deity associated with it. The pictogram character for mountain Shan has three towering peaks. ‘Mountains and sea’ represent an all encompassing phrase for the whole world ShanHai. Mountains represent the yang element in the landscape and as such connect to the governing yang element in China - the Emperor. Landslides and earthquakes were considered a strong portent that the Emperor's reign was in trouble. Mountain is one of the eight trigrams in Feng Shui and Yi Jing.There are five sacred Daoist mountains each with its own five element; color and direction association: Taishan, Shandong (East; element wood and color green); Hengshan, Hunan (South; element fire and color red); Songshan, Henan (Center; element earth and color yellow); Huashan, Shaanxi (West; element metal and color white) and Hengshan, Shanxi (North; element water and color black). Of these Taishan is considered the most important and stones from the mountain were often placed in towns across China as a lucky charm. While Emei shan in Sichuan is sacred to Buddhists along with other faiths. The Kunlun mountains in the west (Qinghai) appear in many legends, they are the source of jade and the reputed home of the Queen Mother of the West. Chinese people climb mountain peaks as a form of pilgrimage, the routes to the top can be thronged with people. The climb physically and symbolically brings you closer to the heavens. Mountains are thought to bring about the union of yin and yang to produce the much needed rain.There is a tale of the ‘Old Man and the Mountain’ where an old man became so annoyed with a long detour to get to the other side of a mountain that he set about digging a way right through it. When a scholar pointed out the folly that such an old man should contemplate such endless toil; the old man replied that his sons and then their descendants would continue the task until it was completed. Mao Zedong used this tale as a parable for achieving the unthinkable by ceaseless toil but in the original story it was the Supreme God Shangdi who took pity on the Old Man and set his immortal minions to cut a way through the mountains.