A Chinese Yellow-Ground 'Magpie and Prunus' Box and CoverImperial wedding box style, the rounded sides set over a low foot ring, the domed cover delicately painted with magpies soaring amidst pink prunus blossoms all against an egg-yolk-yellow ground, the lower part similarly decorated.The base with a 4-character Tongzhi mark in iron-red.This design was a favourite of the Empress Dowager Cixi, who selected it for the wedding of her son, the Tongzhi Emperor in 1872. See Ronald W. Longsdorf, Orientations October 1996.Label J.T. Tai & Co, and old typewritten labels.中国黄底粉彩喜鹊登梅捧盒Dimensions: H125 D270mm