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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE PINK-GROUND
‘LANTERN, WASP AND GRAIN’ DISHES
Daoguang seal marks and of the period
Each finely enamelled around the exterior with a
continuous foliate scroll of lotus alternating with
lanterns on a pink ground, all below a yellow border
of ruyi, the interior with a central medallion enclosing
insects and lotus, further encircled by a border of
peach and lotus scroll on the interior rim.
16.1cm (6 1/4in) diam. (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY17,000 - 26,000

清道光 粉彩五穀豐登敞口盤 一對
礬紅「大清道光年製」篆書款

Provenance: a British private collection, and thence
by descent

來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

The grain (wugu 五穀), wasps (feng 蜂), and lantern
(deng 燈) create a rebus meaning ‘may there be a
bumper harvest of the five grains’ (wugu fengdeng
五穀豐登).

Compare with a related ‘lotus, peach and sanduo’
dish, Daoguang seal mark and of the period, which
was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2-3 June 2016,
lot 842.
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please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.