CHONGZHEN (1628-1643)

Details

A Chinese Transitional blue and white vase
Chongzhen (1628-1643)
Painted with a continuous scene of fern-grown rocks and mountains among swirling clouds, with four characters from the well-known semi-historical novel 'The Water Margin', firing flaw to the rim
45.1 cm. high

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of the Royal house of Hannover from the Schloss Marienburg.

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Lot Essay

The characters depicted are from the Ming dynasty novel Shuihu Zhuan, 'Water Margin'. It is the story of the bandit Song Jiang, a historical figure at the end of the Song Dynasty, and his fictitious 108 companions, who in the novel have all turned to banditry because of oppression by corrupt officials.

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