Blue & White Bowl with Figures, China, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Photo courtesy Vanderven Oriental Art.

Diameter 23 cm. Price on request

Provenance: Private Collection, The Netherlands

The scenes around the outside shows scholars in various activities such as chess playing and mediatating. This alludes to the story of the seven sages in the bamboo grove.

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