PROVENANCE: From Audubon, New Orleans Private Collector. Dimensions: Heigth: 5.2 cm, Diameter: 11.4 cm Chinese Qing Dynasty Qianlong Official Kiln Embroidered Pier Porcelain. Potted in drum body, short and thick, open work with auspicious pattern, raised with round foot base. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in greyish 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 four under glazed blue script characters reign mark. Made in The Years QianLong Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.