Konturerat bräm, dekorerad med åtta paneler i underglasyrblått föreställande figurscener och landskap; de senare med fåglar och insekter bland blommande träd och växter. Mittpanelen med figurscen avbildandes två generaler med sina arméer framför en stängd stadsmur, på vallar tre figurer varav den centrala figuren anses vara guvernör Liu Zhang och på hans högra sida befälhavare Dong He - lyssnandes intensivt på soldaterna. Diameter 45,1 cm.
Små glasyrnagg. Små ifyllda nagg.
Proveniens
Property of a private collector.
Purchased from Christies, "The William F Reilly Collection”, New York, 14 October 2009.
William F Reilly ( 1938 - 2008) an American publishing and media executive who was the founder and former chairman of Primedia. During Reilly’s time at the helm of Primedia, the firm built a collection of more than two hundred magazines that included American Baby, National Hog Farmer, Chicago and New York.
Utställningar
Compare with a related dish of similar size, but with a different scene in the central panel, see The Groninger Museum Collection, Inventory No: 2019.0335.
Litteratur
Romance of the Three Kingdom, the 14th century historical novel by Luo Guanzhong, depicting the turbulent years at the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in China.
Övrig information
Taken from the later half of Chapter 65 of the “Romance of the Three Kingdom the scene depicts the surrender of Chengdu by Governor Liu Zhang. After the generals Ma Chao and his brother Ma Dai had surrendered to Liu Bei - courtesy name Xuande - they went to Yi Province to convince the governor, Liu Zhang, to also surrender. On hearing that his army had already been defeated Liu Zhang ordered the gates of the city be closed but mounted the north wall to face the two brothers. Here Ma Chao successfully persuaded Governor Liu Zhang to surrender the city and terrorities to Liu Bei rather than subject its people to further misery.
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