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Bowl - Scenes from Various Chinese Stories, including Saga of Chu and Han

1662-1722
Artist/maker unknown, Chinese
The image in the center panel of this bowl derives from the Saga of Chu and Han. Zhang Liang, a loyal retainer of Liu Bang, the first emperor of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), picks up a shoe for a Daoist Immortal disguised as an old man. Zhang was later rewarded with a secret military book for this good deed.

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