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350 A LARGE FAMILLE-
VERTE ‘TALE OF
KUNYANG CITY’ YEN
YEN VASE

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
of baluster form surmounted by a trumpet
neck and " ared rim, painted all around in
pastel-hued enamels with a dramatic battle
scene depicting General Liu Xiu of the Han
dynasty driving Wang Xun, the rebel leader,
and his army of wild animals out of Kunyang,
the action taking place by the city gate with Liu
Xiu stationed on top of the gate among o# cials
and generals, and appearing again below at the
helm of a mounted army charging through the
gate to attack the Xin imperial troops, Wang
Xun and his entourage shrouded in a green
plume emanating from a double-gourd carried
by a demon allied with the insurgents, the
shoulder with quatrefoil cartouches enclosing
scholar’s objects reserved against a brocade
ground, the neck with four o# cials on a
balcony o$ ering gifts to the Queen Mother of
the West arriving on a cloud accompanied by a
phoenix, coll. no. 1578.
Height 29 in., 73.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Priestley & Ferraro, London, 2004.
$ 120,000-150,000

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錏僽鮯 Priestly Ferraro ⧍侚2004䎃

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