1st Jun, 2021 10:00

Chinese Art: 100 Stories

 
  Lot 43
 

A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE DECORATED CIRCULAR GLASS PANEL.

A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE DECORATED CIRCULAR GLASS PANEL.

Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.

Depicting an interior scene with Wu Song raising a sword in readiness to slay his brother’s wife, Pan Jinlian, with a horse seated meekly in the background, its head lowered in disbelief, wood stand, 11cm diameter. (3)

Provenance: acquired in Hong Kong in May 1986 [copy of the certificate].

£600 – 800

清十八 / 十九世紀 粉彩繪武松殺嫂故事圖紋料板

來源:於一九八六年購於香港(證書副本)。

The scene is taken from the Ming classic novel Jin Ping Mei and depicts the moment when Wu Song, known from another Chinese classic Water Margin, slays his elder brother’s wife Pan Jinlian, in revenge for her killing of Wu’s brother, Wu Dalang, with poison provided by her lover, Qing Ximen.

Sold for £688

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