Of cylindrical form, finely painted in vivid blue with three fishermen squatted under a willow tree on a riverside terrace surrounded by craggy rockworks, each placed with a set of chopsticks and wine cups beside a wine ewer, their arms stretched and playing rock-papers-scissors with excitement, observed by a further standing figure from behind holding a long oar over his shoulder adjacent to their sampan, all between two incised bands of stylised rocks to the rim and base. 19.7cm (7 3/4in) high

Provenance: acquired from John Berwald Ltd., London, on 12 June 1992
An American private collection

Note: Compare with a related scene, depicting fishermen enjoying a meal and playing games, entitled 'Fishermen's Happiness' on a Kangxi period vase, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, p.20, no.16. See also another related scene of 'Fisherman's Happiness' on a Kangxi period brushpot, also in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by Chen Runmin in Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghuaci Beijing, 2005, p.304, no.204.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 14 May 2015 10:00 BST -LONDON, NEW BOND STREET