Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'WU SHUANG PU' BITONG

REPUBLIC PERIOD

The cylindrical body decorated with an image of Sun Ce, the young military general painted in gilt and coloured enamels, the reverse with calligraphy describing his achievements and fall, a stamped six character Tongzhi mark to the base, 12cm.

Sun Ce lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and was the eldest son of the military general Sun Jian. After his father's death, he gained power in the Jiangdong region of southern China and laid the foundations for the Eastern Wu, one of the major states during the Three Kingdoms period. Sun Ce's story is told in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.