SIGNED CHENG MEN (1833-1908), DATED BINGSHEN YEAR (CORRESPONDING TO 1896)
清晚期 程門款淺绛山水圖花盆
of circular form, the steep tapering walls rising to a flared mouth, the exterior painted on one side with a riverscape scene showing a farmer sitting in grass next to a pavilion, trees and rocky mountains in distance, the other side with black enameled poetic inscriptions, signed Xueli Cheng, followed by an artist's seal.
Diameter 9 x height 5 1/2 in., 22.86 x 13.97 cm