A PAIR OF MIRROR FAMILLE ROSE PALETTE ‘LADY...
A PAIR OF MIRROR FAMILLE ROSE PALETTE ‘LADY QIU XIANG’ OR ‘TONG BOHU THREE SMILES MARRIAGE’ ROULEAU VASES
China, 20th century, Possibly Republic / Minguo period
Of rouleau shape, resting on a spread foot, with an everted rim. One adorned with a beautiful lady holding a fan, i.e. the renowned prostitute Lady Qiu Xiang, the other one adorned with a young man also holding a fan, i.e. Tong Bohu also known at Tang Yin. Both inscribed with a long-lasting calligraphy describing the subject. Both bearing two identical seals, one reading “三希堂製”, lit. and “Made of the Sanxi Hall”, the other one reading “石渠宫精鉴玺”, the Shiqu palace imperial seal. Both inscribed with in cobalt blue with an apocryphal four-character Qianlong mark within a double square to the below.
H: 19,6 cm
Notes: The “Tang Bohu Dian Qiuxiang” (唐伯虎點秋香), lit. “Tang Bohu / Tang Yin orders (or buys) Qiuxiang” (三笑姻緣), also known as the “San Xiao Yinyuan”, lit. “The Three Smiles Marriage” is a folk legend whose main characters are Qiu Xiang (秋香), a renowned prostitute from Nanjing whom lived during the Ming Dynasty and was born in Chenghua, and Tang Bohu also known as Tang Yin (1470-1523), a famous painter from Suzhou. It is said that Tang Yin orders Qiuxiang whom he married. This story is currently a well-known subject of the Cantonese operas.
一对粉彩"唐伯虎点秋香"花瓶
中国，20世纪，可能为现代/民国时期
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A PAIR OF MIRROR FAMILLE ROSE PALETTE ‘LADY QIU XIANG’ OR ‘TONG BOHU THREE SMILES MARRIAGE’ ROULEAU VASES
China, 20th century, Possibly Republic / Minguo period
Of rouleau shape, resting on a spread foot, with an everted rim. One adorned with a beautiful lady holding a fan, i.e. the renowned prostitute Lady Qiu Xiang, the other one adorned with a young man also holding a fan, i.e. Tong Bohu also known at Tang Yin. Both inscribed with a long-lasting calligraphy describing the subject. Both bearing two identical seals, one reading “三希堂製”, lit. and “Made of the Sanxi Hall”, the other one reading “石渠宫精鉴玺”, the Shiqu palace imperial seal. Both inscribed with in cobalt blue with an apocryphal four-character Qianlong mark within a double square to the below.
H: 19,6 cm
Notes: The “Tang Bohu Dian Qiuxiang” (唐伯虎點秋香), lit. “Tang Bohu / Tang Yin orders (or buys) Qiuxiang” (三笑姻緣), also known as the “San Xiao Yinyuan”, lit. “The Three Smiles Marriage” is a folk legend whose main characters are Qiu Xiang (秋香), a renowned prostitute from Nanjing whom lived during the Ming Dynasty and was born in Chenghua, and Tang Bohu also known as Tang Yin (1470-1523), a famous painter from Suzhou. It is said that Tang Yin orders Qiuxiang whom he married. This story is currently a well-known subject of the Cantonese operas.
一对粉彩"唐伯虎点秋香"花瓶
中国，20世纪，可能为现代/民国时期
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