A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE TRANSITIONAL C.1640 Painted with an official bowing to the God of the Official's Path in a wooded rocky landscape, with two attendants and a horse nearby, inscribed with the four characters Wen Zhang Si Ming above, with floral sprays and pendant leaves below the scene, 43cm. Provenance: from a deceased estate, Hampshire, purchased from Sotheby's London on 2nd December 2003, lot 466. A copy of the invoice is available.