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A Rare Chinese Export Famille-Rose ‘Sui Tang Yan Yi’ Punch bowl, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period | 清乾隆 粉彩隋唐演義圖大盌
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Description
well painted with a continuous scene of figures on a balcony observing a group of female horsewomen galloping within a trellised garden
diameter 15 3/4 in.; 40 cm
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Offered Sotheby's Monaco, 19 June 1988, lot 1652 (One of a pair)
The story depicted on this bowl is taken from chapter thirty-five of the Sui Tang Yanyi, a Chinese historical novel based on events in the Sui and the Tang dynasties. Titled 'The Teary Procession of Zhaojun on a Clear Night', it shows the concubines of the Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty reenacting the procession of Wang Zhaojun (one of the four great beauties) as she heads out to the frontier. Emperor Yang was infamous for the risqué lifestyle he lived in Luoyang, at the West Garden, where his concubines would famously devise amusements, such as the scene depicted, to entertain the Emperor.
This subject, which has often been incorrectly described as depicting the Lady Generals of the Yang Family, appears on a number of surviving wares of both Kangxi and Yongzheng/ Qianlong date.
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