A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE

C.1640

Illustrating a scene from the story of Bing Ji Wen Niu, with a procession walking on a rocky path behind a buffalo, with plantain and pine trees amongst swirling clouds, the shoulder with a band of stylized leaves, 46.3cm.

Cf. S Marchant and Son, Exhibition of Transitional Wares for the Japanese and Domestic Markets, p.32, no.43 where a bitong with the same subject is illustrated; see also Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collections, p.110 where the story of Bing Ji Wen Niu is explained in more detail.