of quatrelobe section with a waisted foot supporting the broad body and waisted neck with a galleried rim, each lobe on the body carved with a rectangular panel enclosing an image of scholars at leisure in a lush mountain landscape, the subjects variously admiring a painting, unfurling a scroll, waiting for an attendant to arrive with fruits or a qin, or conversing while walking along a riverside path with an attendant in tow carrying a bundle of scrolls, each element in the composition meticulously modeled in high relief and set against a variety of patterned grounds, the space between the panels carved with scrolling lotus and floral diapers, all bordered by a band of lappets above and below, the neck with archaistic upright lappets enclosing lotus, the foot with a continuous lotus scroll, keyfet at the mouth and foot ring, the interior and base lacquered black