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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 783

A BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURAL' DOUB LE - GOURD VASE, TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1640
Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD

A BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURAL' DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1640
過渡期 約1640年 青花馬躍壇溪圖葫蘆瓶

the lower bulb painted with a narrative scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, depicting Liu Bei riding on the Dilu horse
jumping over the Tanxi (Tan Brook), chased by Cai Mao and an attendant solider on the river bank, with Zhao Yun arriving
behind attempting to rescue Liu Bei, the upper bulb with a reclining scholar and an attendant in a landscape, all below a wide band
of stylized tulip sprays around the neck

Height 13¼ in., 33.7 cm

Provenance
New York Private Collection, acquired in the 1950s, and thence by descent.

來源
紐約私人收藏，購於1950年代，此後家族傳承

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