PF 18 A very fine small enameled egg-shell vase

二十世紀 薄胎瓷彩繪小瓶

Circa 1966-1976

The elegant small vase is delicately painted in soft colours and grisaille with female soldiers performing rifle drill aiming at a target.                         The base has a red sealmark Zhongguo Jingdezhen zhi.                           Height 12 cm 

The scene is taken from the ballet/opera 'The Red Detachment of Women', 红色娘子军. It tells the story of the peasant girl Wu Qinghua who is liberated from her tyrant master by the leader of the Red Army. She joins the Red Detachment of Women and becomes a heroic fighter, taking over the position of commander in the end.  The story which is set during the civil war 1927-1937 and the ballet was first produced in 1964 in the lead-up to the Cultural Revolution in China

Formerly in the collection of Professor H.A. van Oort and illustrated in his book ' Chinese Kunst', Baarn 1980, p. 183

PF 18 二十世紀 薄胎瓷彩繪小瓶
時代：約1966至1976年。
特徵：瓶身彩繪主題出自中國芭蕾歌劇「紅色娘子軍」。瓶底有紅色印章底款「中國景德鎮製」。
尺寸：高12公分。
來源：原為荷蘭教授H.A. van Oort收藏，亦出現在其1980年出版的《中國藝術》一書中(頁183)。