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A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE ‘HUNDRED
ANTIQUES’ JAR AND COVER
Kangxi
Brightly enamelled around the exterior of the broad
baluster body with four large panels, alternating
between two mountainous landscapes with a
wandering scholar and the ‘Hundred Antiques’,
all reserved on a green diaper ground, all between
bands of ruyi-head panels on the neck and foot
enclosing foliate scrolls, the domed cover similarly
decorated with various antique vessels, books and
scrolls.
35.5cm (14in) high (2).
£5,000 - 7,000
CNY45,000 - 63,000
清康熙 五彩開光博古圖蓋罐

Provenance:
Sotheby’s Monaco, 18-19 June 1988, Lot 1413
An English private collection

來源：
1988年6月18至19日於摩納哥蘇富比拍賣，
拍品1413號
英國私人收藏
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A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE ‘RUSE OF
THE EMPTY FORT’ BOWL
Kangxi
Finely decorated around the exterior with a
continuous scene of Zhuge Liang atop a brick
wall nonchalantly playing his qin beside a sleeping
attendant, the large gate beneath left open while
heavily armed soldiers and generals on horseback
134 approach with trepidation, the interior with a
mythical qilin and phoenix, all beneath a floral band.
30cm (12in) diam.

£6,000 - 10,000
CNY54,000 - 91,000
清康熙 五彩空城計圖大盌

Provenance: an English private collection

來源： 英國私人收藏

The ‘Ruse of the Empty Fort’ is a well known
story involving reverse psychology from the Ming
dynasty novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms
romanticising historical events at the end of the Han
dynasty.

In the face of imminent danger from the army of Wei
led by Sima Yi, the renowned strategist Zhuge Liang
came up with a ploy to hold off the approaching
enemy. He ordered that all the gates of the city be
opened and instructed soldiers disguised as civilians
to sweep the roads while he sat on the ramparts
above the gates with two page boys flanking him.
He put on a calm image by playing his qin. When
135 the Wei army led by Sima Yi arrived, Sima was
surprised by the scene of open gates and Zhuge
Liang relaxing by playing the qin, and he ordered
a retreat after suspecting that there must be an
ambush inside the city.

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