VASE WITH CHANG'E THE MOON GODDESSAND THREE STUDENTS.
Origin: China. Dynasty: Qing dynasty (1644-1912). Date: 18th c. Technique: Porcelain painted in wucai with underglaze blueAnd enamel in green, redAnd yellow. Description: The wide baluster shape onA flat base with fine concentric grooves. The painting shows the goddessAccompanied by other elegant ladies in her palace on the moon withA flowering Osmanthus fragrans (gui shu). Three students standing onA cloud. One of them wasAble to breakA twig of the tree, symbolizing that he will emerge from the imperial examinations as the best graduate. Measurement: H.29.5cm. Condition B. A few enamel spalling.
Provenance: -Collection HeinrichAigner (1919-2005), Southern Germany.Acquired locally in the 1960s-70s.