A BLUE AND WHITE LANTERN SHAPED ‘FOUR SCHOLARS’ VASE AND WOOD COVER 晚明-清初 青花后加彩高士罐 China,

A BLUE AND WHITE LANTERN SHAPED ‘FOUR SCHOLARS’ VASE AND WOOD COVER晚明-清初 青花后加彩高士罐China, 17-18th centuryFitted with a carved hardwood cover with knopped finial, the ovoid body painted in underglaze blue with figures in an open mountain landscape, later decorated in gilt and iron-red highlights with serrated collar, a Greek-key band to the short cylindrical footRepaint with colours in Holland, 19th centuryH: 25.2cm