Kangxi Of cylindrical form, the exterior painted in vivid tones of cobalt-blue with a continuous scene of seventeen scholars and three acolytes practicing the Four Scholarly Accomplishments, including playing guqin, weiqi, writing calligraphy and appreciating painting, all set within a fenced garden enhanced with Taihu rocks, plantain and bamboo, with a poem inscribed above an acolyte carrying a guqin. 18cm (7in) diam.