Lustrous, Chinese 20th Century Republic Period, Polychrome landscape Zun vase. The Porcelain potted in a Zun shaped vase, thick, globular body, slightly ovoid body, rounded shoulder concealing gracefully to a prominent straight neck, raised with short splayed foot base rim. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the polychrome design color. Polychrome in decorations meaning decorated in many colors as opposed to decorated in one color (mono-chrome). A plain white piece is thus both "un-decorated", in Chinese porcelain possibly a blanc-de-Chine and a white monochrome. The Exterior delicately fine depicted with a salubrious garden among dense tree, flowers blooms, rocky hill, Lishui waterfall, peace river, beside pavilion, and fresh dew, all in mountain landscape. The upper open lip and the foot base rim decorated with auspicious ornament. 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 sea represent an all encompassing phrase for the whole world shan Hai. Mountains represent the yang element in the landscape and as such connect to the governing yang element in China the Emperor. Mountain is one of the eight trigrams in Feng Shui and Yi Jing. Of these Taishan is considered the most important and stones from the mountain were often placed in towns across China as a lucky charm. The Lines of the drawings are clear, the light and dark shades are subtle. 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, and the carving. Without overlap the outlines of the design, well carved, clear, subtle, distinct, and the shape is uniformly proportioned.Height:11.75 inWidth: 7.75 inDepth: 7.75 in