明崇禎 青花開光山水人物圖大盌

the deep rounded sides supported on a tapered foot, painted in rich cobalt tones to the interior with two scholars and an attendant on a boat, the cavetto with alternating panels enclosing figures in Western landscapes and exotic stylized blossoms, all divided by narrow floral panels, the exterior similarly decorated, with European buildings on the banks

There is extensive fritting to the rim and two rim chips. There is a chip to the inside of the foot rim as well as kiln great adhered to the foot rim and base. The surface with expected wear from age and use.
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Compare a closely related example illustrated in Christiaan J.A. Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Amsterdam, 1997, pl. 49. See another similarly decorated bowl, sold at Christie's New York, 18th-19th September 2014, lot 830.