| Guangxu Mark and Period ‘Birthday’ Dish (GFM021509) |
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1875 – 1908 Guangxu Period, Qing Dynasty Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels Diameter: 15.2 cm / 6 in Height: 4.5 cm From a Northern California private collection [SOLD] A 19th c Guangxu imperial dish, marked with a 6-character Guangxu kaishu mark in iron red and of the period. Beautifully formed with rounded sides and an everted rim, this dish descends from a long line of “birthday’ dishes in the imperial tradition featuring the theme “fushan shouhai”. The combined imagery of bats flying over mountains and ocean conveys the message: “May your happiness be as deep as the Eastern Sea, and may you live to be as old as the Southern Mountains”. |
