A pink-ground turquoise-enamelled supper set
Tongzhi seal mark and probably of the periodComprising an interlocking set of eight foliate-form dishes and a central square bowl, each brightly enamelled with a lotus flower head meander and bats suspending gilt shou symbols, with further iron-red bats to the reverse, all reserved on a soft pink ground. The largest dishes each: 19.8cm (7 3/4in) wide (9).