Lot Essay
Pairs of mandarin ducks are associated with conjugal bliss and it is was often custom that dishes like these were presented as wedding gifts.
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A set of three famille rose plates
Yongzheng
Enamelled in a strong famille rose palette with a brace of ducks swimming in a pond with lotus, the everted rim unusually decorated with the Eight Immortals variously with their attributes and standing on coral, qilin, unicorns and double gourds between breaking waves (rim chips, cracks and some loss to the enamels)
23 cm. diam. (3)
Yongzheng
Enamelled in a strong famille rose palette with a brace of ducks swimming in a pond with lotus, the everted rim unusually decorated with the Eight Immortals variously with their attributes and standing on coral, qilin, unicorns and double gourds between breaking waves (rim chips, cracks and some loss to the enamels)
23 cm. diam. (3)