Pear-shaped ewer with a scholar and attendant in a fenced garden, floral scrolls and tulip motif

Porcelain ewer, with pear-shaped body, C-shaped handle and S-shaped spout connected to the body. Painted in underglaze blue. On the body a continuous representation of a scholar seated against a rock in an enclosed garden near bamboo and plants; he looks back at a servant with an object in his hands in front of a pavilion. On the shoulder a band with flower scrolls; the neck with tulip motifs. Around the foot a band with hanging leaf motifs. On the handle and spout flower sprigs. A chip in the handle and the spout. Transitional porcelain with European forms.