Lot Essay
A dish of this pattern with four-character Tongzhi mark in iron red, but with a yellow rather than white ground, was included in the O.C.S. exhibition, The Arts of the Ch'ing Dynasty, London, 1964, no. 241.
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TONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
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A Pair of Famille Rose Dishes
Tongzhi six-character marks in underglaze blue and of the period
The slightly convex center of each interior decorated in pale lime-green enamel with formalized foliate scroll surrounding a flowerhead, and the well with the bajixiang, each ribbon-tied with a different sprig of flowers, the exterior with three scrolling, flowering tendrils
9.11/16in. (24.6cm.) diam. (2)
Tongzhi six-character marks in underglaze blue and of the period
The slightly convex center of each interior decorated in pale lime-green enamel with formalized foliate scroll surrounding a flowerhead, and the well with the bajixiang, each ribbon-tied with a different sprig of flowers, the exterior with three scrolling, flowering tendrils
9.11/16in. (24.6cm.) diam. (2)