Lot 52

A rare and well painted Chinese porcelain vase decorated in underglaze blue with a continuous scene of figures playing Go, inspecting a scroll and playing a guqin, four lines of Chinese characters above the Go players referring to Emperor Xu Jingzong, apocryphal Chenghua six character mark to the base, Wooden stand and openworked wooden cover, China, Kangxi period (1662-1722) -H. 22 cm, chipping to the foot rim, minor surface scratching-