Stock Photo - Baluster vase with four groups of scholars in a fenced garden, Baluster shaped porcelain vase with spreading base, wide neck and trumpet-shaped mouth, painted in underglaze blue. On the wall a continuous representation of four groups of scholars in a fenced garden: a group is writing at a table, with a large screen behind them, a second group plays 'go' at a table, a third group sits in front of a screen at a table, the screen is decorated with swirling water, they listen to the person who is playing on the 'qin', the fourth group admires a hanging role that is being held by a clerk. Rocks and banana trees around the base of the vase, on the shoulder clouds, rocks and flower sprays around the neck. Marked on the underside with the six-character mark of emperor Jiajing in a double circle. Blue White., anonymous, China, c. 1670 - c. 1690, Qing-dynasty (1644-1912) / Kangxi-period (1662-1722), porcelain (material), glaze, cobalt (mineral), vitrification, h 46.2 cm d 12.8 cm d 18.4 cm d 12.9 cm w 4.1 kg