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The subject matter of the Yang family fighting foreign invaders,
which was popular during the ‘Transitional’ and early Kangxi
periods, is an illustration of how even during the early Kangxi reign,
many Chinese scholars still viewed the Manchu Qing dynasty with
aloofness.

A large blue and white baluster vase decorated with this scene is
illustrated in The Taft Museum: Chinese Ceramics and Works of
Art, New York, 1995, pp.587, no.1931.138; the same scene of the
female generals of the Yang was depicted on a famille verte plate,
Kangxi, which was sold at Sotheby’s, London, 12 May 2010, lot 71.