A blue and white brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 青花山水人物圖筆筒

A blue and white brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

清康熙 青花山水人物圖筆筒

of cylindrical form with subtly waisted sides, deftly painted in rich shades of underglaze blue with a fisherman aboard his raft traversing a river within a mountainous landscape, with four scholars conversing on the banks, the partially unglazed based centered with a recessed medallion

Diameter 17.5 cm, 6⅞ in.