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376 A LARGE FAMILLE- ⌲Ꮴ⛆ ρᒖ⾧೻䔭ڢృ๔Ⱁ
VERTE ‘EMPTY CITY
STRATAGEM’ DISH

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period ҳ⎽
䗱꧉㛔 Berwald Oriental Art ⧍侚2007䎃
with shallow rounded sides and everted wide
border, the center painted with a famous
episode from Romance of the Three Kingdoms,
the brilliant military strategist Zhuge Liang Among the many famous recorded military The ingenious general ordered his troops
peacefully playing a qin above the city gate strategems, that of the ‘Empty City’ or to throw open the city gates. The general
as an attendant sweeps the open entry way ‘Empty Fort’ has long been a favorite. The placed himself conspicuously over the city
in a welcoming gesture, the invading forces story as related in Romance of the Three gates where he calmly played a qin. The
galloping away in hasty retreat, the rim " nely Kingdoms centers around Zhuge Liang, who sight of an unexpected welcome took the
enameled with stylized crane roundels on an turned a near certain defeat into victory. enemy by surprise and fearing a clever trap
iron-red diaper ground, the reverse with three As the battle between the states of Wei the Wei army turned face and retreated. By
freely painted ! oral sprays and an underglaze- and Shu raged, Zhuge Liang found himself presenting a bold front, a weak defense may
blue artemisia leaf mark within a double circle, dangerously outnumbered and unprepared. be concealed.
coll. no. 1631.
Diameter 14½ in., 36.8 cm

PROVENANCE
Berwald Oriental Art, London, 2007.
$ 15,000-25,000

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