A WUCAI 'BOYS' JAR AND A COVER 17TH CENTURY |

the broad body rising from a subtly waisted foot to a rounded shoulder and short neck, painted all around in famille-verte enamels with boys engaging in scholarly activities such as reading, studying paintings, examining ancient bronze ritual vessels, and playing weiqi and the qin, all amidst a landscape of green bushes and underglaze-blue rockwork, the motif repeated at the neck and the domed cover, the cover surmounted by a bud-form knop (2)

Marchant, London.

Overall in good condition. The rim of the jar with small areas of restored frits and the base with a few minor flake chips. Overall with minor flakes to the enamels, light scratches, and expected firing imperfections including a firing tear encircling the interior of the cover.
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