£1,000
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 658
Auction: 5 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
清 五彩三顧茅廬瓶
the tapered cylindrical body extended to a waisted neck and everted mouth rim, the body finely painted with the famous historical story Three visits to the cottage, depicting Zhuge Liang, a Chinese statesman and military strategist who lived during the Three Kingdoms period, holding his signature kongming fan and receiving a visit from the young warlord Liu Bei, the base inscribed a double-circle in underglaze blue; with a wooded stand and fitted cotton box
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Mr Zhongling Zhao 趙中令 (1913-2013), one of the earliest members of Chinese Culture and Fine Arts Association, Taiwan (中華文物學會);
Private Taiwanese collection, acquired directly from Zhongling Zhao in 2010.