Lot 211

YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE 'DOUBLE-HAPPINESS' DISH
TONGZHI MARK, 19TH-20TH CENTURY




Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 16 May 2023 from 10:00 BST
£378
Description
十九至二十世紀 同治款 黃地粉彩蝴蝶八喜紋碟
the interior painted with colourful butterflies amidst eight 'double-Xi (happiness)' characters symbolising happy marriage, the reverse adorned with three flower borne on scrolling tendrils, mouth rim gilded, the base inscribed with a four-character Tongzhi mark in iron red
Dimensions
16cm diameter
Footnote
Note: A plate of closely comparable design inscribed with Tongzhi mark was custom-made for Tongzhi emperor's wedding in 1872, is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing.



