PROVENANCE:From St Matthew, Kentucky, Private Collectors.Measurements: Width: 24cm, Height: 43cm Chinese Yuan Dynasty Blue and White Dragon Porcelain Plum Meiping Vase. The porcelain potted into a traditional Meiping form vase, large, thick and tall potted, wide body on shoulder, slender neck easing to form narrow opening, with emerging slight flaring ring mouth rim, raised on round foot base, with slight concave. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white and blue color, depicted of imperial five claws dragon flying careening through cumulus clouds above thrashing Li - shui waves. Blue and white porcelain in Chinese it is called Qing Hua Ci. It is the most important variety of China’s porcelain. It was originated in the Yuan Dynasty. The underside unglazed, revealed the pale - creme ground revealed and dark greyish brown spotted firing marks and edge - cut foot rim.