A MING FAHUA STORAGE JAR, guan, the broad baluster body with short waisted neck, decorated with a pair of figures in a landscape followed by an attendant carrying a gin, the reverse with a scholar between a deer and two young attendants among pine trees, between lotus lappets around the base and ruyi-panels containing clouds and floral motifs around the shoulder and clouds around the neck, glazed turquoise, aubergine and pale orange on a dark blue ground (rim and area of body restored),