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A large famille-verte 'painting eyebrows' basin, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 五彩京兆畫眉圖盆

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A large famille-verte 'painting eyebrows' basin

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

清康熙 五彩京兆畫眉圖盆


Diameter 15⅛ in., 38.5 cm

Christie's London, 23rd November 1990, lot 262.

The scene on the present dish depicts the Han dynasty scholar and government official Zhang Chang and his wife. According to legend, Zhang was so enamored with his wife that he drew her eyebrows everyday, which was upheld by the Emperor as a model of love and affection.