The pear shaped body well painted in intense cobalt blue to depict a scene from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (Shui Hu Zhuan) depicting Song Jiang on horseback on the bank of a river calling to Jiang the boatman to ferry him and his two colleagues across, a foot soldier emerging from a gate behind. Kangxi. 7 in. high.
Provenance: Palm Beach, Florida estate
For identical examples of this pear shaped bottle vase see Sotheby's New York, May 31, 1989, lot 110; Sotheby's Hong Kong, October 29, 1991, lot 123; Christies Swire, September 29, 1992, lot 492; Sotheby's London, June 8, 1993, lot 65.
