£688
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 658
Auction: 5 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
光緒款或到代 淡黃地粉彩蝴蝶八喜紋盤
the interior finely painted with colourful butterflies amidst eight 'double-Xi (happiness)' characters symbolising happy marriage, the reverse adorned with three flower branches, the mouth rim covered in gilt paint, the base inscribed with a six-character Guangxu mark in underglaze blue
Note: a slightly larger plate of closely comparable design and inscribed with Tongzhi mark was custom-made for Tongzhi emperor's wedding in 1872 and in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing