A Chinese blue and white gu-form vase, Kangxi, the body and neck painted in various shades of cobalt-blue around the exterior with a continuous scene depicting scholars in a mountainous river landscape with trees, birds and clouds and fishermen at work in the foreground, the central section painted with sprays of lotus pods, lotus flowers and peony, 44.9cm high Provenance: Sold by order of executors form a country house in West Sussex.清康熙 青花山水高士图花觚拍品来源：英国西萨赛克斯郡私人大宅收藏品相报告: the rim with five glaze chips measuring approximately 1.2mm x 5mm, 10mm x 5mm, 8mmx 3mm, 7mmx 2mm and 6mm x 2mm and with other very minor frits or blemishes one small frit to edge of foot measuring 3mmx 2mm probably a glaze bubble and other very minor frits to foot rim interiors rims dirty (where wooden circular lamp fitting was inserted)otherwise good other than typical firing blemishesformally top mounted as a lamp