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A pair of ‘rice production’ bowl covers A pair of famille rose ‘landscape’ dishes
Xianfeng iron-red six-character marks and of the period Guangxu six-character mark, early 20th century
Finely enamelled with two scenes of rice production, one with a water Each dish with a flat rim with a foliate edge, enamelled with a majestic
buffalo and herd ploughing a paddy, the other with two labourers landscape with tree strewn mountains and broad lakes.
sowing seeds, each with a seven line inscription and three red seals. Each: 19.7cm (7 3/4in) diam. (2).
Each: 9.9cm (3 7/8in) diam. (2).
£1,000 - 1,500 HK$12,000 - 18,000 £500 - 800 HK$5,900 - 9,500
CNY9,500 - 14,000 CNY4,700 - 7,600
Yuzhi gengzhi tu 御製耕織圖 or ‘Imperially Commissioned Illustrations Provenance
of Agriculture and Sericulture’ is a woodblock printed book published Purchased by the father-in-law of the present owner prior to 1945.
in the early 18th century by order of the Kangxi Emperor. Based on
a 12th century book illustrating the production of grains and silk, the
Kangxi edition has forty-six leaves with accompanying text and poetic
inscriptions.
For the original woodblock illustrations inspiring these two scenes see
the British Museum collection accession no. 1949,0709,0.1.
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