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A rare Chinese porcelain baluster vase and cover, vibrantly decorated in underglaze blue depicting to one side a scene of figures playing 'go' and female figures standing behind them, the other side with a figure on horseback holding a banner and a sword, the neck decorated with upside down banana leaves, the cover with a figure seated outside before a wall with banana trees in the background, China, Transitional period or later -H. 29 cm, hairline to the neck, three rim chips to the cover-