An iron-red-ground underglaze-blue 'scholar' stembowl, Ming dynasty, Wanli period | 明萬曆 礬紅地青花文會圖高足盌

An iron-red-ground underglaze-blue 'scholar' stembowl

Ming dynasty, Wanli period

明萬曆 礬紅地青花文會圖高足盌

the rounded sides supported on a tall straight foot and rising to an everted rim, the exterior painted in underglaze blue with a continuous scene of scholars engaged in the 'four accomplishments', the gentlemen variously playing weiqi, admiring a painting, and reading poetry, the interior painted with a scholar reading a book in a garden setting, all against a vibrant coral-red enameled ground

Diameter 5¾ in., 14.3 cm