KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details

A SUPERB FAMILLE VERTE ‘ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS’ VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
17 1⁄4 in. (43.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Property of a Lady; sold at Sotheby’s London, 15 December 1959, lot 38
Bluett & Sons, London, 5 April 1960
Property of the late W. A. Evill, Esq.; sold at Sotheby’s London, 30 November 1965, lot 90
Salomon Stodel, Amsterdam
Littleton & Hennessey, New York, 13 March 2017

Literature

The Connoisseur, March 1960, advertisement by Bluett & Sons
Stuart Marchant, Marchant - One Hundred Years Book Vol. I (2001-2025), 2025, p. 41, no. 28

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

This vase depicts a scene from Chapter 55 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in which Lady Sun deters the pursuing Wu forces. The expressions and postures of the figures—Liu Bei, Sun Shangxiang, Chen Wu, and Pan Zhang—are rendered with remarkable vividness. With vibrant and crisp enamel colours, the present vase stands as one of the finest examples of Kangxi famille verte wares.

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