Description
H.: 23,5 cm
Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent, with some normal wear to the overglazed enamel design.
品相:(已用紫外线光检查)
- 全品,釉上彩轻微磨损。
Provenance:
- S. Marchant & Son, London, 10 June 2009. Published in their catalogue 'Recent Acquisitions, 2009', p. 42, no. 24, and of course also exhibited at their premises. (see images no. 8 and 9)
Ref.: The figural scene faithfully depicts Act 15 - Changting Songbie (Farewell at the Pavilion) of Xi Xiang Ji (Romance of the Western Chamber) by the Yuan dynasty playwright Wang Shifu (1250-1337). In Act 15, the female protagonist Cui Yingying sends her newly wed husband Zhang Gong off to the capital for the civil examination.
Lot 227
This lot was sold on 14 December 2023 and is no longer available