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Lot Essay
The scene is from part three of The Romance of the Western Chamber, where General Du is in combat with Sun while he attacks the Temple of Pujiu.
A similar dish was exhibited in Eastern Ceramics and other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1981, catalogue no. 101. Another dish of this design, but slightly smaller, is illustrated by C. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1997, p.94, no.82.
A similar dish was exhibited in Eastern Ceramics and other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1981, catalogue no. 101. Another dish of this design, but slightly smaller, is illustrated by C. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1997, p.94, no.82.