Measurements: Height:12 1/2" Width:5 1/2" Stand Height:1 5/8" Diameter:1 1/2" Box Height:17" Width:9" Depth:9 1/8" Chinese Yuan Dynasty blue and white YuHuChun vase in protective hardwood. Finely potted in Chinese traditional YuHuChun shape vessel, the pear-shaped bottle vase, a bottom-heavy body tapered gracefully to the slender-waisted neck, flaring at the rim, supported on short spreading foot ring. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the cobalt blue fine color. The main body decorated with various flowers blooms, seagrass, Peking duck, enclosed with repeating auspicious pattern and double fine blue rings lines. Ducks when portrayed in pictures or on porcelain denote a wish for happiness, especially when combined with a lotus. The Mandarin duck (yuan yang is so named because of its self importance and flamboyant plumage like the high officials (Yuan ‘mandarins’) of the Imperial court. It symbolizes loyalty as the ducks mate for life and it is said that when one dies its mate will pine away and also die. Often the mandarin drake is shown with a lotus flower in its beak and its mate with a lotus fruit with the meaning of a wish for children. They are a popular motif on wedding gifts. A mandarin duck and a butterfly together signifies unrequited young love. A duck amongst reeds ?YiJiaLianKe gives the wish for good luck in examinations (a reed is a homophone for ‘passing exams’). The upper neck adorned with upturning phoenix tail. The foot rim and lower neck decorated with geomatic motif. 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. This vase rests on a hand carved stand, set within a snug fitting wood box, upon a hardwood stand, beautifully presented inside hard cushion wrapped auspicious archaistic medallion threads with golden yellow silk, all set within an original hardwood box.