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propertY From a north amerICan prIVate Peach Blossom Spring, a poem composed 過渡期 約1640年 青花桃花源記
CoLLeCtIon by tao Yuanming (365-427 a.D.) during the 人物故事圖筆筒
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEACH chaotic time of the northern and southern
BLOSSOM SPRING’ BRUSHPOT Dynasties, recounts the fabulous tale of a 來源
fisherman accidentally entering a fragrant,
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1640 beautiful land of blossoming peach trees. 香港蘇富比1988年5月17至18日，編號157
the inhabitants of the land are welcoming to
of cylindrical section, painted with a continuous
narrative depicting various scenes from Peach the stranger and wish to hear about his life.
Blossom Spring; the fisherman alone in a they reveal to him that they are descendant
sampan, encountering a sage in the mystical from people who fled during difficult times in
forest, and a boy sharing the news of the the Qin dynasty, never leaving their beautiful
mysterious visitor, all within heavy scrolling and harmonious secret world to reenter the
clouds enveloping the mystical mountain and chaos and hardship of society. Upon learning
riverscape, the scene painted in rich shades of of current events they are shocked, having
blue between multiple incised line borders never heard of the subsequent han, Wei, or Jin
height 8 in., 20.8 cm dynasties. the fisherman stays in the magical
land for several days, and when departing
PROVENANCE is warned that there is no use in sharing his
story with others. Indeed, despite desperate
sotheby’s hong Kong, 17th-18th may 1988,
lot 157. searching, no one ever recovers the way to
‘peach Blossom spring’.
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