18TH CENTURY

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A FAMILLE ROSE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
18TH CENTURY
One side decorated with a scholar seated on a donkey followed by his attendant carrying a prunus branch, the other side with a pine tree growing between rocks
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high

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The scene may depict the poet Lu Kai, who lived in the Song State during the Southern Dynasties period (420-479). While in Jiangnan, he is traditionally believed to have sent a spray of prunus hundreds of miles to the historian Fan Ye in Chang'an. This gesture has become a symbol of sincere friendship.