A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW GROUND BOWLS FOUR CHARACTER TONGZHI MARKS AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD...

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.