A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'IMPERIAL WEDDING' DISHES

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'IMPERIAL WEDDING' DISHES
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)

Finely enamelled to the interiors with magpies in flight among flowering prunus sprigs against a bright yellow-ground, the exteriors with a further three fanciful sprigs issuing peaches and flowers
5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.) diam., Japanese box (2)

来源

A Japanese private collection

拍品专文

For a discussion on this pattern, part of a significant group of porcelain produced for the celebration of the wedding of Cixi's son Zaichun, the Tongzhi Emperor, see R. Longsdorf, 'The Tongzhi Imperial Wedding Porcelain', Orientations, October, 1996, pp. 69-78, with vessels from this pattern illustrated as figs. 14, 33 and 34.