rising from a splayed foot, the elongated ovoid body boldly painted with a scene of a striding general signaling to his steed as three soldiers converse nearby in a setting of rockwork and foliage below a layer of swirling mist, a round moon and constellations in the distance and just below the short cylindrical neck with a raised horizontal ring and everted mouth rim, the base inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Jiajing mark within a double ring

赫伯特·胡佛（1874-1964）收藏，此後家族傳承
艾倫·胡佛（1907-1993）伉儷收藏
Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約
Benno Schmidt, Sr 收藏，此後家族傳承

There is an approx. 4.8 cm long vertical crack to the neck and another to the body, to the tree behind the horse, measuring approx. 4.5 cm. Some expected wear to the surface and foot ring and some minor firing imperfections, consistent with age and type. The base with old collection labels.
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