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Similar designs, perhaps from the same commission, are found on a multi-necked vase in the collection (1082-1883), with standing figures, one holds a bottle and another a sliced watermelon. The figures may have been inspired by another rare group of contemporary Chinese jars, of about 1620-44, similarly painted with Persian and Chinese figures, one was in the collection of Queen Mary II at Kensington Palace, and another is in the British Museum (1965,0726.1).   ","physicalDescription":"Bowl of fritware, painted in blue with black outline under a clear glaze. On the outside three reserve-painted panels with lateral bands and pseudo-writing. Each panel contains a standing robed figure wearing a hat and holding a vertical object. By his side a small barelegged servant carries a parasol. Two vertical jewelled strings encompass the three dividing areas. These are filled with ribbon, books or lozenges, above a flower with four finials. A band of boats, trees, huts and hillocks run along the inner rim. A central medallion with the same reserve-painted figure stands alone with surrounding ribbons, jewelled strings and two bands of pseudo-writing. 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