Pot à pinceaux en porcelaine bleu blanc Chine, dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi (1662-1722)

circulaire, le pourtour finement peint d'une scène de rencontre entre deux officiels entourés de leur escorte armée, à cheval ou brandissant un étendard dans un paysage rocailleux planté de pins, saules-pleureurs et autres arbustes, marque apocryphe Jiajing en bleu sous couverte à la base ; la base percée

The base has been pierced in the centre and there is an associated area of loss to the inside surface ca. 4x3cm wide. There is also some greyish material covering parts of the inside base. The base shows traces of wear and light overall glaze crackling to the glazed band. There are traces of characters written in black ink on the unglazed part of the base. There is a three-pronged star glaze crack to the outside base and a second three-pronged star crack possibly visible on the interior. There is light overall wear to the body on the exterior.
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