A RARE AND UNUSUAL IRON-RED AND GILT JAR AND COVER, the ovoid body enamelled with square and rectangular panels depicting a scholarly couple in debate below the moon, a fisherman wading net in hand in pursuit of a catch, lotus and birds perched upon stems of prunus and bamboo, each slightly embellished with pale green enamel and reserved on a ground of chrysanthemum heads and scrolling foliage, the cylindrical cover with a leaf-shaped cartouche containing delicate flower stems, 18th/19th Century