A LARGE CHINESE FAHUA TURQUOISE GROUND BALUSTER JAR, MING DYNASTY, EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Of shouldered baluster form, finely decorated in purple, ochre and turquoise enamels within unglazed and tube-lined borders to accentuate the design with three scenes of a Chinese scholars journey through a mountainous landscape; riding a pony, his attendant walking behind, leading a horse, his boy carrying a stacking picnic basket and water ewer and the sage at rest, drinking a cup of banjo and contemplating a potted bonsai tree, within a grove of pine trees, ruyi-head cloud swirls between a lotus-lappet band, the neck decorated with cloud clusters, the shoulder with an ornate foliate-ruyi pendant band, reserved on a bright turquoise ground, the interior and base with a complimentary translucent green glaze.