A CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE OVOID VASE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD |

the rounded sides sweeping up to a waisted neck, painted around the body with an elegantly dressed lady seated on a bench resting one arm on a tall stack of books and lifting the other in an instructive gesture toward two boys holding a piece of writing and a lotus, respectively, all between decorative borders encircling the foot and shoulder, the neck painted with iron-black bamboo

Rare Art, New York, 1984

The neck has been reduced. There is also some crazing to the glaze with russet discoloration. There is a small glaze flake to the scholar's rock, and minor firing imperfections and wear scattered throughout.
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