BLUE AND WHITE TRANSITIONAL 'ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS' JAR

17TH CENTURY

of ovoid shape, the exterior painted with a continuous scene of the strategist Li Su meeting the warlord Lü Bu in a military tent, trying to convince him to surrender to Dong Zhuo by presenting him with a horse, below a border of incised flower-scrolls at the shoulder and pendant leaves at the mouth

24.2cm high
Provenance:

Private Edinburgh collection.