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A FAMILLE VERTE ‘LADIES AND ARROW VASE’ BASIN It is very rare to find the scene of two ladies playing touhu on
Kangxi porcelains, as the game was predominantly played by men in ancient
With deep rounded sides rising to a broad everted rim, the well brightly China. The ‘two ladies’ theme in many cases refers to the story of two
enamelled with two elegant court ladies dressed in long flowing robes beauties during the Three Kingdoms period, Daqiao and Xiaoqiao, who
seated at a table with books and a fan, each holding arrows to throw are usually depicted as reading together in later Chinese decorative art.
at a touhu, all within a terraced garden setting with bamboo and taihu
rocks, the rim decorated with meandering floral scroll, the exterior with Compare with one of the two famille verte dishes decorated with two
a trellis border of foliage and flowers. related ladies, Kangxi, sold in Christie’s London, 12 May 2017, lot 440.
38.4 (15 1/8in) diam.
盤折沿，沿繪紅彩連枝番蓮及綠彩卷草紋為地，盤心繪二仕女高髻花
HKD20,000 - 30,000 髮，坐於方桌，手持兩箭作投壺姿勢，面前繪一金彩投壺，壺投中一箭，
US$2,600 - 3,900 地上散落三枝，花園中有竹石樹木，正上方繪流雲滿月，盤外壁纏枝蓮
紋，花紅葉綠，底部上收成圈足，圈足露胎，質地細密。
清康熙 五彩二喬投壺折沿洗
瓷器上極少見到二女投壺的畫面，蓋投壺多為男性所好。裝飾中二女形
Provenance: W. Waddingham, 1971 象多指代三國時二喬的典故，且多為二喬讀書圖。可參考一件相關的康
熙五彩二喬讀書盤，2017年5月12日售於倫敦佳士得，拍品編號440。
來源:
1971年，W.Waddingham收藏

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