A Chinese famille rose 'Xi Xiang Ji' kendi, Yongzheng

H.: 23,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In quasi excellent condition, with some normal wear to the overglazed enamel design and a minor tight glaze line to the spout.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 近乎全品，釉上彩轻微磨损，流上一条短小惊釉。

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.