Lot 67
BLUE AND WHITE TRANSITIONAL 'ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS' JAR
17TH CENTURY
Auction: 9 May 2017 at 16:00 BST
£42,500
Description
of ovoid shape, the exterior painted with a continuous scene of the strategist Li Su meeting the warlord Lü Bu in a military tent, trying to convince him to surrender to Dong Zhuo by presenting him with a horse, below a border of incised flower-scrolls at the shoulder and pendant leaves at the mouth
Dimensions
24.2cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Edinburgh collection.