A BLUE DE HUE 'TRANH VẼ HẢI ÔNG‘ DISH, MARK ’KINH SƠN PHIẾN NGỌC 荆山片玉 China for Vietnam, 19/20th century It depicts an old man seated beneath a pine tree growing from a cliffside, gazing at a flock of ducks playfully swimming in the water. The dish also bears a Chinese poetic inscription: 'Beyond the seas, free from worldly scheming, time flows in leisure.' D.19cm