光緒 Guangxu Shou &Three Abundances Bowl
A finely potted bowl of steeply rounded sides raised on a high foot painted with four
thematic motifs in iron red enamel
(tie hong or fan hong) against the white ground ( gai xu hong, red and white). The first a shou character encircled by the five bats of
the wufu symbolizing longevity followed by three varying arrangements of the
sanduo also known as the 'Three Abundances' or 'Three Plenties'. On the interior in the well of the bowl the three abundances
appear once more. The peach, fruiting pomegranate and the citron fruit
(Buddha's hand) known collectively as the sanduo, form wishes for long life-longevity
(peach), good fortune-happiness (citron) and male posterity (pomegranate). On the base in kaishu script is the six character mark and period of the Guangxu Emperor. |
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