Vase

Inverted pear shape vase with short circular vertical neck and bulbous shoulder tapering down toward outward-flaring foot. The body is decorated with two groups of large lobes; lobes around the shoulder terminate at the center of lobes below. The vase is decorated in overglaze polychrome enamels with Asian scenes of two figures standing around a truncated triangular table with a seated figure on a low stool below; a single Asian figure with left arm raised; and a group of five Asian figures seated on stools around table with food and drink. A butterfly and other insects are interspersed.

Purchase: the Lillian M. Diveley Fund