DAOGUANG
Details
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE SAUCER-DISHES
DAOGUANG
Each dish enamelled and gilt to the interior with a lotus medallion encilrcled by a border containing the Eight Buddhist Emblems alternating with shou charcters, the reverse with immortals, Buddhist emblems and sacred animals, iron-red Mongolian two-character marks, short hairline crack
9 7/8in. (25cm.) diam. (2)
DAOGUANG
Each dish enamelled and gilt to the interior with a lotus medallion encilrcled by a border containing the Eight Buddhist Emblems alternating with shou charcters, the reverse with immortals, Buddhist emblems and sacred animals, iron-red Mongolian two-character marks, short hairline crack
9 7/8in. (25cm.) diam. (2)
Literature
A similar dish is illustrated by Honey, Guide to later Chinese Porcelain, pl 99c; and another by Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl CXII, fig. 1.
The Mongolian marks "Baragon Tumed" have given their name to this marriage service, made for the marriage of a Mongolian prince to one of Daoguang's daughters. Bushell, in Oriental Ceramic Art, p 54 explains that Baragon Tumed was the name of the Western Wing of the Tumed Banners.
The Mongolian marks "Baragon Tumed" have given their name to this marriage service, made for the marriage of a Mongolian prince to one of Daoguang's daughters. Bushell, in Oriental Ceramic Art, p 54 explains that Baragon Tumed was the name of the Western Wing of the Tumed Banners.
Exhibited
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Kwan Collection, 1983, Catalogue, no. 48
National Musuem of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 48
National Musuem of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 48