Beaker vase with scholars in a landscape

Ewer of porcelain with spreading neck and foot and slightly thickened band in the body, painted in underglaze blue. On the wall nine scholars in a landscape with trees and rocks; the thickening has lobed cartouches with lotus scrolls and circles; below a band with hanging, pointed leaf motifs. These are probably the 'Nine Elders of the Fragrant Mountain', a well-known theme in Chinese art. Transitional porcelain in blue and white.