Lot Essay
The three fruits depicted, peach (tao), pomegranate (shiliu) and lychee (lizhi) create the rebus, "long life, abundance of sons, and attach a new branch to the family tree"
A bowl of this pattern and date is illustrated by Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, no. 66. A Jiaqing marked example is illustrated in The Powell-Cotton Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Kent, England, 1988, p. 135, no. 105. For Qianlong precursors see Exhibition of Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, HongKong, 1973, Catalogue, no. 106 and the Exhibition of Ch'ing polychrome porcelain, Hong Kong O.C.S., Catalogue, 1977, no. 86
A bowl of this pattern and date is illustrated by Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, no. 66. A Jiaqing marked example is illustrated in The Powell-Cotton Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Kent, England, 1988, p. 135, no. 105. For Qianlong precursors see Exhibition of Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, HongKong, 1973, Catalogue, no. 106 and the Exhibition of Ch'ing polychrome porcelain, Hong Kong O.C.S., Catalogue, 1977, no. 86