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Lot Essay
The Yang family was celebrated in the Northern Song dynasty (AD 960-1127) for their military prowess and loyalty to the Emperor, and for many years they were successful in protecting China from northern invaders. Eventually, however, the majority of the male members of the Yang family were killed by the invading Khitan Tartars. In order to avenge their husbands' deaths and in defense of their country, the women of the family took up arms and are shown here practicing their equestrian skills prior to riding out to meet the enemy.
This design appears to have been particularly popular from about 1715 - 1735, at a time when extremely fine quality porcelain was produced. Dishes with this design and from this period are more commonly found decorated in the rose-verte or famille rose palette, and the verte-Imari palette appears to be be particularly unusual. Rose-verte dishes with this design were known to have been amongst those in the vast collection of Augustus the Strong (see F. Reichel, Die Porzellansammlung Augusts des Starken, Dresden 1993, no. 21).
This design appears to have been particularly popular from about 1715 - 1735, at a time when extremely fine quality porcelain was produced. Dishes with this design and from this period are more commonly found decorated in the rose-verte or famille rose palette, and the verte-Imari palette appears to be be particularly unusual. Rose-verte dishes with this design were known to have been amongst those in the vast collection of Augustus the Strong (see F. Reichel, Die Porzellansammlung Augusts des Starken, Dresden 1993, no. 21).