Asian Art I - 21st May 2014
Lot 214
A Chinese famille rose yellow ground fu shou dish four character Tongzhi mark in iron-red and...
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £4600
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Description
A Chinese famille rose yellow ground fu shou dish four character Tongzhi mark in iron-red and probably of the period, decorated with a design for the wedding of the Dowager Empress Cixi's son, Zaichun, with six gilt shou characters, each encircled by five stylized bats, with peach sprays and beribboned swastikas, the reverse with three flower sprays, 22.2cm.
Provenance: formerly in a private Swedish collection, purchased in China in 1956.
Cf. R Longsdorf, The Tongzhi Imperial Wedding Porcelain, included in Chinese Ceramics, Selected Articles from Orientations 1982-1998, p.368, fig.16, where another dish of this pattern is illustrated.