The continuous riverscape depicts boats sailing past a pavilion beneath an inscription reading 'Teng ge gao feng' that may be translated as 'High Winds at the Pavilion of Prince Teng', and a lengthy seal script inscription praising the grandeur of the pavilion together with an iron-red seal mark.

5¹⁄₂ in. (13.9 cm.) diam.

Orientique, Hong Kong, 11 February 1995.

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The riverscape references one of the scenic views known as the 'Ten Views of Jiangxi' that decorated a set of ten bowls produced during the Jiaqing period (1796-1820) and copied in the Daoguang period and later. The pavilion of Prince Teng was a famous pavilion by the Gan River in Jiangxi province, first immortalized by the Tang dynasty poet Wang Bo (AD 649-676).