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Chinese Famille Verte Glazed Porcelain Rouleau Vase Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period The slightly tapered sides rising to an angled shoulder and cylindrical neck with a slightly raised band surmounted by a galleried rim, painted with scenes of figures engaged in rice and silk production amongst dense trees and stylized rock formations in a lush green landscape, the shoulder with shaped vignettes enclosing scholars objects reserved on a diaper ground, all below a continuous scene of figures in a mountainous river landscape on the neck and a keyfret band at the rim. Height 18 inches. For a Kangxi vase of near identical design and size in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours , Vol. 38, Hong Kong 2008, pp. 672-73, pl. 67. For a lengthy discussion on the subjects of rice and silk production as depicted on porcelains, see the article by David T. Johnson, Narrative Themes on Kangxi Porcelains in the Taft Museum, published in Chinese Ceramics, Selected articles from Orientations, 1982-1998, pp. 328-333, Figs. 1 and 1b C