Deep blue and white fish bowl of sages in bamboo grove, 1630-1650. Artist: Unknown.

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A blue and white transitional deep fish bowl, decorated in underglaze blue of good colour. On one side there are four sages discussing a Chinese painting in a bamboo grove, while nearby two servants watch one cooking, the other bundling up some scrolls. There is another scene of a scholar writing on a rock with two scholars looking on with two servants. The landscape has characteristic banana trees, clouds and mountain peak protruding from clouds. There are numerous 'v' grasses on the ground.

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Size: 5477px × 3651px
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Photo credit: © The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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