Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, Jiajing famille jaune dragon sgrafitto motif porcelain pear vase. The porcelain potted in Chinese traditional YuHuChun shape vessel, the pear shaped bottle vase, slight ovoid body, a bottom-heavy body tapered gracefully to slender waisted neck, with wide flaring mouth rim, supported on short small foot base, slight concave. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in famille jaune design color, masterfully covered in an even coat of a deep yellow glaze which terminates at the base to reveal the pure white under glaze. Famille Jaune meaning the "yellow family". This is a variant of the famille verte enamel palette in which the ground is covered with yellow enamel. Yellow in Chinese it is called Huang You. The technique of producing it only became matured in the Hongzhi Period of the Ming. There are also high and low temperature glazes. The yellow comes from the ferric oxide in the reducing atmosphere. Its first appearance was in the Tang Dynasty. There are Tender Yellow (Jiao Huang), Wax Yellow (Mi La Huang), Egg Yellow (Dan Huang You) and Eel Yellow (Shan Yu Huang). Meticulous finish sgrafitto dragon carving beneath the attractive egg-yolk-yellow monochrome glazed covers the delicate clay showing silky smooth sheen and conforming the dragon design on the main belly and on the neck. Geometric pattern on the shoulder and upturning lappets on the upper mouth rim. The immaculate porcelain body covered with a characteristic silky glaze. The glaze is seamless and gives off a beautiful luster, with the colors maintaining excellent vibrancy. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. Mark on under base, a vertical six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine rings, JiaJing Reign Period of Great Ming Dynasty. Dimensions: 7.25"L x 12.5"H