A BLUE AND WHITE 'SEVEN SCHOLARS IN A GROVE' GARLIC NECK VASE, TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1640

A BLUE AND WHITE 'SEVEN SCHOLARS IN A GROVE' GARLIC NECK VASE

TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1640

過渡期 約1640年 青花竹林七賢圖長頸瓶

the compressed globular body rising to a tall slender garlic neck with a slightly flaring rim, finely painted around the exterior in cobalt-blue tones with a verdant landscape hosting seven scholars and an attendant at myriad pursuits, with a collar of floral scrolls encircling the shoulder, the neck with vertical bands of stylized blossoms and foliage

Height 14½ in., 36.8 cm