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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QIANLONG
Details
A pair of famille rose plates
Qianlong
Enamelled to the centre with a brace of ducks swimming in a pond below lotus, the everted rim unusually decorated with the Eight Immortals variously with their attributes and standing on fish, crab, shell or unicorn among breaking waves (some flaking, minute chips and retouches to the rim)
22.2 cm. diam. (2)
Qianlong
Enamelled to the centre with a brace of ducks swimming in a pond below lotus, the everted rim unusually decorated with the Eight Immortals variously with their attributes and standing on fish, crab, shell or unicorn among breaking waves (some flaking, minute chips and retouches to the rim)
22.2 cm. diam. (2)