Asian Works of Art

having a slightly lobed rim, the central medallion painted with the famous scene The Stratagem of the Empty City from The Romance of Three Kingdoms, depicting the scholar, Zhuge Liang waiting for general Sima Yi's troop at the entrance of the city, circled by a floral border, the exterior decorated with further floral sprays, bearing a four-character Kangxi underglazed blue mark with double rings to the underside.