Chinese Five Tiger Generals Porcelain Bitong

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Chinese Five Tiger Generals porcelain bitong, solidly potted with gently sloping sides, with blue and white glazed exterior, and a … Read more Chinese Five Tiger Generals porcelain bitong, solidly potted with gently sloping sides, with blue and white glazed exterior, and a white glazed interior and insert circle centered on the smooth, unglazed base. Five, finely drawn and shaded depictions of Chinese warriors in blue hues decorate the exterior. A blue, six character, Xianfeng reign mark is glazed to the inset circle of the base. Circa Republic of China era or earlier.
rim diameter: 8"

foot diameter: 7.625"

Xianfeng mark: Da Qing Xian Feng Nian Zhi, made during the Xian Feng reign (1851 - 1861) of the Great Qing Dynasty.

Five Tiger Generals: As a romanticized novel based on the history of the Three Kingdoms period, the historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" refers to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao and Zhao Yun as the "Five Tiger Generals" of Shu Han, one of the Three Kingdoms, led by warlord Liu Bei. In the literature, Liu Bei initially appointed Guan Yu as General Who Destroys Rebels and Lord of Hanshou, Zhang Fei as General Who Subdues Rebels and Lord of Xin, Huang Zhong as General Who Conquers the West, Ma Chao as General Who Pacifies the West, and Zhao Yun General Who Guards the West,[1] and promoted them to "Five Tiger Generals" later. In the classical novel "Water Margin", five of the 108 outlaws at Liangshan Marsh – Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Huyan Zhuo and Dong Ping – are ranked as the "Five Tiger Generals" of the Liangshan cavalry. See less