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A ‘FAMILLE ROSE’ BASIN
Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period
43,5 cm diam
Provenance: Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. n. 3965.
The literary themes had a greater diffusion as decoration on porcelain during the late Ming-early Qing period and the Kangxi reign, but they continued to be used also during the Yongzheng and Qianlong period, as exemplified by this basin which presents a scene with four men fighting while another figure is looking at them, probably inspired by the “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” (Sanguo yanyi).
