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A BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURAL' SLEEVE VASE
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, MID-17TH CENTURY
The vase is fnely decorated with a continous scene depicting a warrior on
horseback holding a halberd and an infant in his arms and another warrior
standing by rocks and clouds, all below bands of incised fowers and pendant
leaves to the neck.
9æ in. (24.8 cm.) high.
£8,000-12,000 US$10,000-15,000
€9,100-14,000

PROVENANCE:
With Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 2 June 1999.
The narrative scene on this vase is taken from the 'Romance of the Three
Kingdoms', Sanguo Yanyi, depicting the rescue of the infant Liu Shan, son of
Liu Bei, by Zhao Yun. Sanguo Yanyi is one of the most popular novels in China
and has been regarded as one the of Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese
literature. Scenes from these novels were often taken from illustrated books
and copied on to porcelain.

明末/清初 青花人物故事圖瓶
來源:
倫敦Ben Janssens Oriental Art, 1999年6月2日
瑞士艾爾伯．梵達倫及莉奧妮．梵達倫伉儷珍藏

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