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Any chance the main figure is Zhangkui, the famous dragon slayer? That would make sense, but I don't think I've ever seen him with the 令 flag.
The foot looks like earthenware.
@craig So I finally found what I was looking for and now I can answer the question you asked about the identities of the characters. I posted a thread about a vase a long time ago that has the exact same scene as my current object. Here is a link to that thread, which a rereading of has reminded me that Giovanni still owes me a million bucks. It also reminds me of how much I have learned in the past couple years and how much more I still have to learn.
Later in the thread one of our members, Sanguo I believe, figured out what it represents and here is a bit of what he posted:
"Well I was able to identify the pattern of this vase and the person sweeping is
one of the essential figures of this scene.
It depicts a story from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and is called Empty Fort Strategy or Empty City Stratagem.
(even though it is most likely one of the many fictional events which were made up
by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th Century)
Zhuge Liang (the guy on the wall) was caught unprepared by the attack of his rival Sima Yi.
And since there were not enough soldiers in the castle to go to battle he had to find a way to trick the enemy and make him retreat.
So he ordered to open the gates and someone sweeping the floor outside so Sima Yi would not dare to enter the castle as he fears they might have laid an ambush inside.
Certainly a risky maneuver but in the end it worked. (at least in fiction - I doubt anyone would have fallen for it otherwise)
I am not sure but as far as I can recall this event is also associated with the saying 'Winning a battle without a fight'."
So that is what it depicts, but what the object is I still have not figured out. Stay tuned for more clues coming soon! John
@craig - FYI - Zhong Kui is famously known as the 'demon queller', not the dragon slayer. Generally, dragons are not considered evil in most Asian cultures, so I'm not aware of any Asian folk heros known for killing dragons (that's sort of a European mythology).
@johnshoe - OH!!! You went there! That was a very enlightening post as I recall, but it was unfortunate that the humor did not seem to go over well with Giovanni. We all make mistakes... I prefer to let sleeping dogs lie.
John, your dragon reminds me of the type of loose rendering of the reproduction of late Qing work done in the mid-20th c. for opera robes, where the dragons features are exagerated, almost comically. The additional panels also seem to speak of a mid 20th c. design and rendering.
The foot also suggests mid 20th c. or later.
@johnshoe Maybe newer than I said earlier...
The lack of care given to the underside might lead someone to think this is some form of export ware. However, the design, setting aside the quality of the rendering, is for the domestic market.
Such a sophisticated scene should be on a vessel with much better overall construction.
However, I think the rendering is very 20th c. looking in the way the brushwork is done, and lack of depth in the cobalt.
@greeno107 this thing is pretty big. I'll try to get some detail shots in the sun to better show off the blue - it's got some nice color. I think you'll see more depth when I get some decently lighted pictures. Stay tuned!
Maybe the dragon is watching over them in their battle. Has the base has been coated with something?
There is quite a lot of cross-hatching in the decoration. That may be a clue to the age/origin.
@johnshoe Yes, please... I would like to see the whole object in good light. It has some merit with the rendering of the faces, but I still think it is mid 20th c., but I am making this assessment on visual clues on a few pics... fun, but not a reliable way of assessing the piece.
@greeno107 finally got a sunny day. Here's what the color really looks like.
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