Shendetang zhi marks in iron red, Daoguang PeriodEach raised on a short foot banded in gilt and decorated with the 'Lanterns of Abundance' fengdeng reserved in four medallions on a fronted lotus and foliate tendril ground. 2 3/4in (7cm) high; 6 15/16in (17.6cm) diameter (2).,转到 Chinese Works of Art Go
注脚:清道光 粉彩五穀豐登圖盌一對 《慎德堂製》款As noted by Terese Bartholomew in Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art，The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 2006, p. 240, lanterns (donglong) are a central focus of celebrations, and fengdeng is a pun for peace. Together with lotus blossom, he, a symbol of harmony, the meaning is reinforced. Here the lanterns are shown in the form of ritual vessels together with scholars objects, with the many potted grains symbolizing the five grains' wugu or all the grains of China.A pair of slightly larger examples were sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 30 November 2016, lot 3332. Other examples with colored grounds can be found in various publications, see Min Chiu Society exhibition, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, 1992, p. 327, no. 194; another from the Weishaupt Collection, From the Dragon's Throne, Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, 1987, p. 41, no. 38; another from the S.K. Kwan Collection was included in the exhibition, Joined Colors, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1993, pl. 507; and a further example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, rev. ed., pl. 281.