A pair of Chinese yellow ground bowls four character Tongzhi marks and probably of the period, decorated with a design for the wedding of the Dowager Empress Cixi's son, Zaichun, with bamboo leaf sprays, 9.1cm. (2)

Cf. R Longsdorf, The Tongzhi Imperial Wedding Porcelain, included in Chinese Ceramics, Selected Articles from Orientations 1982-1998, p.368, fig.17, where a dish of this pattern is illustrated.