DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER IRON-RED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
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A Famille Rose "Mulan" Porcelain Bottle
Daoguang four-character iron-red seal mark and of the period
Of flattened pear shape, both sides are painted with a single figure, one depicting the female warrior stringing her bow below the inscription, Mulan, the other of a male warrior below the inscription Chen Wu Shu Wuyue Wang, stopper
2.11/16in. (6.9cm.) high
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Mulan was the female disguised as a male, famed during the Han dynasty, (206 BC - AD 220). Chen Wu Shu was the king of the Wuyue kingdom during the Five Dynasties period (AD 896-978)
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