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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA
AND WALTER F. BROWN
1595
A FAMILLE ROSE VASE
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
The tapering cylindical sides are boldly painted
with a continuous scene with a figure holding
a pair of swords while a warrior wields a spear,
before a figure seated on an animal skin-covered
chair and further officials and attendants.
16æ in. (42.5 cm.) high

$15,000-18,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's Monaco S.A., 22 June 1987, lot 1533.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San
Antonio, Texas.
The scene on this vase almost certainly depicts
an episode from San guo yan yi (The Romance
of The Three Kingdoms), although the specific
scene is difficult to identify. The figure holding
a pair of swords may represent the late Eastern
Han warlord Liu Bei, and the warrior wielding
the spear, his trusted general, Zhang Fei. The
scene depicted may have been inspired from an
illustrated edition of the story printed for mass
consumption.

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