Plate, 1662-1722, 21 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. ( x cm), Porcelain with overglaze enamel decor, Seal mark chih (made to command) Famille verte ware, China, 17th-18th century, A tour de force in pictorial porcelain, the scene on this massive imperial charger represents an actual event: the final rout in 23 of the usurper, Wang Mang, by the imperial troops of Emperor Liu Hsiu, the founder of the later Han dynasty ( 25-200). The emperor, dressed in yellow robes, watches from the battlements as Wang Mang, astride a mythological beast (kylin), surrounded by other fantastic animals

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