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KANGXI PORCELAIN

Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE, EARLY KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1670
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE, EARLY KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1670
Height: 20.5cm; 8 1/8 in.
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The small high-shouldered vase with slender neck and flaring mouth, decorated with a scene from The Water Margin, depicting Huyan Zhuo and Wu Song combating each other with a sword...
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The small high-shouldered vase with slender neck and flaring mouth, decorated with a scene from The Water Margin, depicting Huyan Zhuo and Wu Song combating each other with a sword and a whip, each figure accompanied by an identifying inscription, all between decorative bands and small flowers on the neck, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark.
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Provenance

Collection of Julia and John Curtis. purchased from Anita Gray, London, 1996, Sold Christies, New York 'An Era of Inspiration: 17th-Century Chinese Porcelains from the Collection of Julia and John Curtis; (March 2015).

Literature

Huyan Zhou, supposedly a descendant of general Huyan Zan, also served as a general in the imperial army of the Song and was renowned for his bravery and fighting skills. His favored weapons were a pair of metal clubs, and his nickname was 'double clubs'. The other protagonist on this vase is Wu Song, who is described as handsome and had various nicknames including 'the pilgrim' and 'tiger fighting hero'. He was believed to have been a student of archer Zhou Tong, and was also a master of several other martial arts, being particularly skilled in the use of the staff.
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