20C polychrome porcelain deep charger “The taking of Tiger Mountain by Strategy”

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Condition Report: Overall Condition Perfect. Size 365mmx65mm

A polychrome porcelain deep charger, decorated with the scene of ‘The taking of Tiger Mountain by Strategy”. The centre main figure is Yang Zirong. The man in the high chair is Zuo Shiandiao.

Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (Chinese: 智取威虎山; pinyin: zhì qǔ wēi hǔ shān) is a Peking opera play and one of the eight model plays allowed during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The plot is based on parts of the popular novel Tracks in the Snowy Forest (Chinese: 林海雪原; pinyin: lín hǎi xuě yuán) by Qu Bo, which in turn, is based on the real-life story of an incident in 1946 during the communist campaign to suppress bandits in northeast China in the Chinese Civil War, involving a PLA reconnaissance soldier Yang Zirong (杨子荣) who disguised himself as a bandit to infiltrate a local gang of bandits, eventually helping the main communist force destroy the bandits. Unlike other characters depicted in the opera and novel, most of the names of both the protagonists and the bandits are real.

A booklet Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy was published in English by the Foreign Languages Press, Peking 1971. Described as “revised collectively by the Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy group of the Peking Opera Troupe of Shanghai (1970 script)”, it contains 16 colour photo reproductions, a list of persons in the cast, the script of the ten scenes, and the words and vocal music of nine selected songs. Also are explanatory notes and sketches about the Chinese percussion instruments played in the orchestra.

Marked with 4-character mark Jingdezhen. China, 20th century. Diam. 36,5 cm.

Provenance: bought in Hong Kong, 1991.

Condition
Overall Condition Perfect. Size 365mmx65mm DXH

Period
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