A large blue and white cylindrical brush pot, bitong

Property from Various Owners
A large blue and white cylindrical brush pot, bitong
Transitional period, with later inscription
The walls encircled with travelers in a continuous landscape that includes porters, female musicians and attendants to an imperial official standing under an umbrella to watch two soldiers with halberds attacking a laughing monk and his scholar-companion; the glaze stopping neatly on both sides of the unglazed rim and above the stepped edge of the unglazed base; the glaze on the exterior walls etched with an inscription bearing the date Daoguang yuan nian (1821), the dedication Qiaonan Fo Zu, and donor's name reading benjing dizi Chen Yuanzhi jingli.
8 3/4in (22.5cm) high
11 5/8in (29.3cm) diam.