A Large Chinese Famille Rose Turquoise Ground Floor Jar with Cover

19th century or earlier, a large porcelain floor jar with cover, light turquoise glazed ground hand painted in polychrome enamels with birds perched on branches and craggy rocks surrounded by large peony blooms, an ornate ruyi head border with concentric circle ground populated with flowers encircled the upper body of the jar and the finial on the cover, the cover has a wavy rim and a shell finial, presented together with a raised carved wood stand.

Jar with cover 25 1/2 in., with stand 33 in.

From the Estate of the late Dr. Larry Bridge, Albemarle, North Carolina

Large staple repair that goes throughout the whole jar; underside foot rim with remnants of tape, scattered glaze flakes to the rim lid and losses at finial.