A polychrome enameled porcelain plaque


Of tall rectangular section, depicting a semi-nude female racing through the grass behind a mythical tree beast while a sword floats above, the long calligraphic inscription bearing a Wang Qi signature and bearing a cyclical jisi date.15 1/2in (39.5cm) visible height of porcelain
|Perhaps depicted here are the events of the Ming play Qingshan Ji (or 'The Story of the Blue Robe'). Lv Dongbin, here represented by the sword in the upper right hand corner, has summoned a tree spirit to abduct a bride for a good-hearted scholar who helped Lv in the rain.