A BLUE AND WHITE 'SCHOLARS' TEAPOT AND COVER Xuande six-character mark, circa 1640 The globular body supported on a short slightly inward-tapering foot and tapering neck, applied with a loop handle and straight spout, the slightly domed cover surmounted by a finial, the body painted with two shaped panels enclosing a scene of an official holding a flower before a kneeling gentleman and lady, the other side with a scene of another scholar kneeling before a high official, interspersed with floral scrolls, the cover similarly decorated. 13cm (5 1/8in) wide. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 約1640年 青花開光人物圖執壺 青花「大明宣德年製」楷書款 Provenance: the Hatcher Cargo Christie's Amsterdam, 14 February 1985, lot 181 (label) R & G McPherson Antiques, London (label) 來源：佳士得阿姆斯特丹，哈察號，1985年2月14日，拍品編號181（標簽） 倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques（標簽） The scenes are taken from a literary source which has not yet been identified, however, a pair of famille verte bowls, Kangxi, with very similar scenes of a scholar holding a flower before a kneeling couple, is illustrated by C.J.A.Jörg, Famille Verte: Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels, Groningen, 2011, p.84, no.83. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing