of cylindrical form with a waisted neck and flared rim, well painted in varying tones of cobalt-blue depicting the famous first meeting between King Wen of Zhou, standing at a river's edge with attendants and the self-exiled military strategist Jiang Ziya living as a humble fisherman, all amidst craggy rockwork and foliage, set between a lappet band and a floral scroll, the neck with flowering lotus plants, the base unglazed

Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約
Michael B. Weisbrod, Inc.，紐約，1988年

Rosalind Fischell，《Blue and White China: Origins/Western Influences》，波士頓，1987年，頁22

In overall good condition, with wear, scattered burst glaze bubbles.
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