A good Transitional porcelain sleeve vase with underglaze blue decoration of a novel scene

Description:

China, Transitional period, mid-17th cent.
H. 43 cm
The tall, cylindrical sides are painted with a scene depicting numerous officials and servants in a rocky terraced garden with bamboo, pines and banana trees; on the back, the motif is interrupted by swirls of clouds obscuring high rock formations; the slightly retracted neck is surrounded by a row of drooping, tapering leaves.
Importan Spanish private collection, acquired at Christie's Amsterdam, 16.12.2008, lot 138,(copy of invoice preserved) - Restored