A blue and white 'landscape' brushpot, 

Transitional period

明末清初 青花山水人物圖筆筒

of cylindrical shape, the exterior skilfully painted with a continuꦆous scene depicting a mountainous river landscape set with a pagoda and pavilions among verdant trees and bamboo grooves, on the foreground with two sages on a promontory pointing towards a paꦿvilion across the shore and approached by two fishermen on sampans, all between an incised floral scroll below the mouth and a border of cresting waves above the foot, the base left unglazed

h. 19.7 cm