A Chinese blue and white porcelain tall baluster base 青花大瓶 Depicting a high official with retinue greeting a robed figure by a bridge in an extensive landscape, cloud scrolls decoration to shoulder, various band borders to neck and lip, underside with double circle. (H: 18 1/4 in.) Property from the Estate of Roger E. Birch. Condition report: Overall generally good condition, scattered small glaze pits and dark spots particularly at shoulder and foot, very minor fritting to the upper and lower edges, excess glaze dripping to interior starting at rim, a few scattered light surface scratches and abrasions to glaze, surface appears to have been lightly abraded to a soft sheen