A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'SCHOLARS' BOWL KANGXI/YONGZHENG The deep U-shaped body supported on a short tapering foot and rising to a flared everted rim, finely painted with two seated scholars relaxing and drinking tea by a cluster of rocks and shrubs, with an attendant standing to the side ready to assist, the reverse inscribed with a poem, with a six character Hongzhi mark to the base, 11.5cm. Provenance: given to the current owner in Hong Kong in 1980 by Brian McElney, founder of the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath. Cf. W Qian, Tianwuguan Cang Ci, vol.1, pp.144-145 for a related Kangxi bowl also with scholars and a Hongzhi mark. 清康熙/雍正 粉彩高士詩文碗 《大明弘治年製》青花楷書款 來源：1980年代在香港由巴斯東亞藝術博物館創始人Brian McElney贈予現藏家。