Cracked and blue-glazed soft-paste porcelain meiping vase, China, 19th century The body is decorated with two young women on horseback riding in front of a pine tree rising towards clouds and the sun. They are accompanied by a woman holding a long fan and a man carrying a lantern. The base is partially glazed in a central medallion with a cracked cream glaze to accommodate an apocryphal six-character Kangxi kaishu mark in blue underglaze. Height: 17.7 cm