A blue and white double-gourd vase Ming Dynasty, Jiajing period

finely potted and painted in varying shades of cobalt-blue, to the upper bulb with two sages under a willow tree standing on a river bank, the lower bulb with a bearded sage, sitting on a river bank fishing, looking back at his attendant talking to an official who has just arrived in a horse drawn chariot accompanied by four soldiers and an attendant between pendent and upright lappet bands, the neck and waist with florets seperated by double 'C' leafy pomegranate scrolls, later wood stopper