Fascinating rare little bowl with backstamp of red Chinese characters in square red borders which I believe denotes it as being from the Ming Period .
The figures are of a seated man in front of a rock and trees in the background ,resting on an egg shaped barrel holding a cup , with the female servant bringing a pot of tea . There are a lot of hidden messages in the images on this pot , the floating hearts, dragonfly, egg shaped seat . which would signify that there is more to this scene than meets the eye .
There is some damage to the lid which has a few cracks( see photo) but the bowl s in excellent condition.
Thank you for looking .Will come well packaged .