Details A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-BACK ‘IMMORTALS’ DISHESYONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)Each dish is decorated with one of the Eight Immortals, Lan Caihe and Han Xiangzi, accompanied by their attendants.8 1/8 in. (20.1 cm.) diam. Provenance Alfred Trapnell (1838-1917) Collection, no. 37Mallett, London, February 1946, as recorded in the RHRP ledgerThe Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 617 Literature An Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Porcelain and Potter, forming the Collection of Mr. Alfred Trapnell, Bristol, 1901, p. 6, no. 37, pl. XVII and XVIII (Fig. 1)The Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty 1644-1912, London, 1951, p.15, cat. no. 173 (dish with Lan Caihe)The Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society, Loan Exhibition of The Arts of The Ching Dynasty, London, 1964, cat. no. 210 (dish with Han Xiangzi)Bonham’s, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970, London, 2021, pp. 68-69, no. 20 Exhibited London, The Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty 1644-1912, 23 May – 21 July 1951, no. 173 (dish with Lan Caihe)London, The Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society, Loan Exhibition of The Arts of The Ching Dynasty, 26 May – 2 July 1964 (dish with Han Xiangzi)Bonham’s London, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970: A Loan Exhibition, 25 October – 2 November 2021 Conditions of sale