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A FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND LOBED TRAY WITH
BUTTERFLIES

TONGZHI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE
PERIOD (1862-1874)
The tray is decorated on the exterior with a multitude of delicate butterfies
in fight amidst gilt shou characters below a band of key fret on the lipped rim,
and is supported on fve low, ruyi-shaped feet.
8æ in. (22.2 cm.) wide

$6,000-8,000

The present lot forms part of a suite of wares from the Tongzhi period
decorated with butterfies and shou characters on a yellow ground, although
the lobed shape and ruyi-feet appear to be unusual. For other yellow ground
butterfy-decorated pieces from the Tongzhi period, see Gongyang yuci,
Beijing, 2007, pp. 116-123.
清同治 黃地粉彩百蝶紋海棠式盤 礬紅四字楷書款

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