A famille-verte 'Romance of the Western Chamber' baluster jar and a cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 五彩西廂記人物故事圖罐配蓋

A famille-verte 'Romance of the Western Chamber' baluster jar and a cover

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

清康熙 五彩西廂記人物故事圖罐配蓋

robustly potted, rising from a spreading foot to a bulbous upper body and rounded shoulder supporting a broad straight neck, the body painted with a scene from the Yuan dynasty novel Xixiangji (Romance of the Western Chamber), the young scholar Zhang Junrui seated on a stool in front of a bearded official attended by four court ladies, the hall appointed with furniture, antiques, and a painted screen within finely detailed architecture, all between an iron-red chevron band at the foot and green diaper band around the shoulder with reserved shaped cartouches enclosing beribboned 'Precious Objects', the neck with a selection of scholar's objects, the domed cover with further scholar's objects within an iron-red shaped collar and surmounted by a bud-form finial (2)

Height 17 ⅜ in., 44 cm.