A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'SLEEVE' VASE

TRANSITIONAL C.1640

The cylindrical body painted with a scene of a warrior receiving offerings, attended by two banner men in a landscape with elaborate rockwork and with a horse and groom beside a cliff face to the reverse. The neck and foot finely incised with double anhua lines and with lappets to the rim, mounted on a later gilt metal foot, 50cm.

Cf. C Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.78, no.66 for a related vase.