Lot Essay
Hsi Wang Mu is the goddess of immortality and is also known as the 'Mother of the West'. She cultivates the peach of immortality in her garden, a fruit that takes three thousand years to ripen.
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KANGXI PERIOD
Details
A FAMILLE VERTE DEEP DISH
KANGXI PERIOD
Painted with the goddess Hsi Wang Mu in a garden, a peach blossom in her hand, attended by a spotted deer, the border with large butterflies and crickets alternating with cartouches of peaches and pomegrantes
11 in. (27.9 cm.) diameter
KANGXI PERIOD
Painted with the goddess Hsi Wang Mu in a garden, a peach blossom in her hand, attended by a spotted deer, the border with large butterflies and crickets alternating with cartouches of peaches and pomegrantes
11 in. (27.9 cm.) diameter
Literature
D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p. 283, pl. 341