24” high Chinese late Qing dynasty Guangxu period baluster form geyao style crackle glazed porcelain vase decorated in underglaze blue with a central panel featuring a deer and crane in a landscape on a white ground. Blue pine branches extend from the central panel to the front of the golden neck. A cream-colored crackled glaze lines the base and interior of the wide dish-form mouth. The rim is dressed brown. The splayed base holds blue and white huts among mountains in front and a celadon ground on the back. The three sections are separated by two brown incised bands with applied lion mask handles on the sides of the shoulder. A brown square seal holding an incised apocryphal four-character Ming dynasty Chenghua reign mark is on the base. The vase is characteristic of brown etched wares produced between 1880 and 1920. The brown etched decoration is believed to have been intended to imitate bronze metal elements. These wares are also referred to as “Nanking wares.” 24” high x about 9 1/2” diameter. Weighs 17 lbs. Very good overall condition. There is a small flaw on the rim that appears to be a production flaw rather than a small chip. From the estate of Gerhard Lohmeier, a Diplomat at the German Embassy in Beijing from 1985 to 1989.