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354 A LARGE FAMILLE- 清康熙 五彩武松打虎圖大盤
VERTE ‘WATER
MARGIN’ DISH
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
with shallow, gently rounded sides rising from Depictions of tigers are relatively rare on 來源
a short, straight foot, boldly enameled with Chinese porcelain. The present dish illustrates 覺是軒，倫敦，2005年
an animated scene depicting the warrior Wu a well-known episode from the famous novel
Song fighting a tiger, beneath a full moon, all The Water Margin in which one of characters,
encircled by a narrow band of leafing peony Wu Song, in a drunken stupor, manages to
blooms on a green stippled ground reserving defeat a vicious tiger with his bare hands. His
auspicious symbols, the reverse plain save for bravery is lauded and rewarded by the locals
a border of petal lappets encircling the foot, who had lived in fear of the animal.
coll. no. 1538
Diameter 15¼ in., 38.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Priestley & Ferraro Chinese Art, London, 2005.
$ 15,000-25,000
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