Dish, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1720

Dish, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1720

painting, h 8.9cm × d 46.5cm More details

This dish features a scene from the famous play Romance of the Western Chamber (Xixiang ji), a classical Chinese novel about erudition and beauty. Here the maidservant Hongniang is arranging a clandestine meeting for the lovers Zhangsheng and Cui Yingying, against the wishes of Yingying’s mother.

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