Vase with King Wen Visiting the Scholar Jiang Taigong, mid-17th century

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Vase with King Wen Visiting the Scholar Jiang Taigong, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Shunzhi period (1644–61), mid-17th century, China, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under and colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 14 1/4 in. ( cm); W. 4 1/4 in. ( cm); D. 4 1/4 in. ( cm); Diam. of rim 3 1/4 in. ( cm), Ceramics, The narratives painted on the four sides of the vase were most likely based on similar scenes in woodblock illustrations. The solitary angler at the upper left identifies the scene as a historical narrative, set in the twelfth or eleventh century B

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