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A FAMILLE ROSE 'HOU YI' BRUSHPOT, Hou Yi (后羿) was a mythological archer,
BITONG also typically given the title of 'Lord Archer'.
Late Kangxi/early Yongzheng According to Chinese mythology, there were
Brightly enamelled around the exterior with originally ten suns that would scorch the earth.
Hou Yi carrying a bow while gazing at the The mythical King Yao asked Hou Yi to rein in
red sun above, beside him two boys, one the suns. At first, Hou Yi tried to reason with
proffering food the other holding a vase with the suns; then he pretended to shoot at them
flowers, all within a balustraded garden with with his bow to intimidate them; then finally he
gnarled pine, with red half-leaf maker's mark. began to shoot down the suns one by one,
11.4cm (4 1/2in) high. leaving only one sun left. As a reward, Hou Yi
was gifted the pill of Immortality by the Gods,
£6,000 - 8,000 which the present lot shows him holding.
CNY49,000 - 65,000
See a painting with similar design of an archer,
清康熙晚期至雍正早期 粉彩「后羿」筆筒 surrounded by children, 18th century, in the
Musee des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris,
Provenance: illustrated in Children in Chinese Art, Honolulu,
The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd., London, 2002, p.154.
15 June 1994
來源：
The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd.，倫敦，1994年
6月15日

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