Lot Essay
A similar decoration can be found on a cylindrical brushpot illustrated in Oriental Ceramic Society Hong Kong, Transitional Wares and their Forerunners, p.147, pl.95.
CIRCA 1640
Details
A matched pair of Transitional blue and white bottle vases
Circa 1640
The lower globular section painted with a continuous scene of seven scholars at various leisurely pursuits in a terraced garden, two playing the qin, others reading and conversing, the cylindrical tapering neck decorated with upright stems of stylized tulips between jewels, divided by a horizontal globular section painted with a continuous band of meandering lotus and scrollwork (one with rim chips and body crack)
Circa 37 cm high (2)
Circa 1640
The lower globular section painted with a continuous scene of seven scholars at various leisurely pursuits in a terraced garden, two playing the qin, others reading and conversing, the cylindrical tapering neck decorated with upright stems of stylized tulips between jewels, divided by a horizontal globular section painted with a continuous band of meandering lotus and scrollwork (one with rim chips and body crack)
Circa 37 cm high (2)