East Asian Art Bowl - Scenes from Various Chinese Stories, including Saga of Chu and Han Made in China, AsiaQing Dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi Period (1662-1722) Artist/maker unknown, Chinese Porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration Currently not on view 1944-20-393a,b Gift of Major General and Mrs. William Crozier, 1944 |
LabelThe image in the center panel of this bowl derives from the Saga of Chu and Han. Zhang Liang, a loyal retainer of Liu Bang, the first emperor of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), picks up a shoe for a Daoist Immortal disguised as an old man. Zhang was later rewarded with a secret military book for this good deed. |
