of square section, supported on a splayed foot rising to a bulging mid-section below a broad everted rim, the exterior painted with square panels each enclosing a scholar beneath a tree, divided on the canted corners by floral sprays, the neck with a striding five-clawed dragon chasing a 'flaming pearl' amidst scrolling clouds and flame scrolls, all above a key-fret band at the base, the interior with sprays of floral blossoms, the base with a Wanli six-character underglaze blue mark within double squares.
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A similar example, see Sotheby's Hong Kong, October 4, 2016, sale HK0677 Important Chinese Art: The Collection Of A Parisian Connoisseur, Part III, lot 111.
Another similar example but in wucai palette, see Christie's Paris, December 8, 2021, sale 20090 Art d'Asie, lot 146.