明末/清初 青花人物故事圖瓶9 ? in. (24.8 cm.) high.
倫敦Ben Janssens Oriental Art, 1999年6月2日 瑞士艾爾伯?梵達倫及莉奧妮?梵達倫伉儷珍藏
The narrative scene on this vase is taken from the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', Sanguo Yanyi, depicting the rescue of the infant Liu Shan, son of Liu Bei, by Zhao Yun. Sanguo Yanyi is one of the most popular novels in China and has been regarded as one the of Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Scenes from these novels were often taken from illustrated books and copied on to porcelain.