Lot 89
89
A SET OF SIX FAMILLE ROSE PLATES, each enamelled with a brace of ducks swimming in a pond below lotus, the everted rim unusually enamelled with the Eight Immortals variously with their attributes and standing on fish, crab or deer among breaking waves (minor chips), Yongzheng

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A SET OF SIX FAMILLE ROSE PLATES, each enamelled with a brace of ducks swimming in a pond below lotus, the everted rim unusually enamelled with the Eight Immortals variously with their attributes and standing on fish, crab or deer among breaking waves (minor chips), Yongzheng
22.5cm. diam. (6)

Lot Essay

Pairs of mandarin ducks are associated with conjugal bliss and it is possible that dishes like this may have been presented as wedding gifts

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