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A FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE VASE
Shunzhi/early Kangxi
The stoutly potted body with tapered rectangular
sides supporting a waisted cylindrical neck and
everted rim, each side painted in bright enamels
with legendary figures from history and folklore
including generals, scholars and emperors, the neck
with florets and lozenges.
35.5cm (14in) high.
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
清順治/康熙早期 五彩人物故事圖方瓶

Provenance: Robert Stanley Hope Smith
(1910-1979), and thence by descent

來源：Robert Stanley Hope Smith（1910-1979）
舊藏，並由後人保存迄今

The scenes depicted on the vase probably refer
to scenes in the Ming dynasty historical novel
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, attributed to Luo
Guanzhong. Their martial exploits were spread by
professional storytellers as well as in operas and
woodblock-printed novels. The prints from these
books in turn were the major source of inspiration
for the painters who decorated the present lot.
Compare with a similar famille verte square baluster
vase with very similar scenes, 1650-1670, in
the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc.
no.CIRC.384-1931). 36

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