A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FIGURATIVE VASE Transitional period, circa 1628 Of slender baluster form, painted to the exterior with a panel enclosing a figural scene depicting a lady sailing in a boat along a river, gazing towards the banks at a scholar riding on a donkey as an attendant follows, the landscape dotted with pine trees and jagged rocky outcrops, the reverse with a panel enclosing a signed poem, four-character Chenghua mark to base, 22.7cm high Provenance : private collection, UK. 過渡期 約1628年 青花人物故事賦圖詩文瓶 「大明成化年製」款 來源： 英國私人收藏。 Note: The Transitional Period (1620-1683) was a turbulent time in Chinese history, covering the time between the Ming dynasty losing control of the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen, and the Qing dynasty gaining it. While this period specifically refers to a lack of imperial control of porcelain production, it is set against a backdrop of protracted and bloody civil war. During this time the system of imperial orders collapsed, and the once-obedient civil servants had to become go-getting businessmen, seeking new clients both domestic and overseas. The new customer base led to stylistic changes on the porcelain, with many new products decorated with literary scenes copied taken woodblock prints. The vase here is decorated with a scene of a lady on a boat and a scholar on horseback accompanied by a poem to the reverse. 款式: 星撲北水朝東耆風淡：曉雨濛：野橋霜正滑江略雪□報國忠臣 心秉赤傷春美女臉銷紅孟子成儒搃籍三遷慈母力會參一□道皆由一貫 聖人功富煥劍楚王予詩親子建賦擬楊雄妾情寒暑異春意古今同絲墜槐 更飄障幙竹藏蒼犬護房□詩客趕山展齒印□苔逞綠狀元及第馬蹄 踏碎杏園紅暑廣寒宮□生殿閣月照簾□草生山□翠花落水流 紅水面渙舟渾一葉樓頭□鼓报三通□□池羅襪仙遊銀浪□□倚月 霓裳人在廣寒宮 戊辰之冬書 於貴雲居玩