Ref: MW279
£ 1,250
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Pair of rouge de fer dishes, Kangxi (1662-1722), the central roundels decorated in red enamel and gilt with a scene from The Peony Pavilion; the beauty Du Liniang and her maid Chunxiang standing with fans and finery within a fenced garden with flowers and rockwork, the young scholar Liu Mengmei and his tutor Chen Zuilang greeting them from the pavilion itself, the wide rim with eight tulip- shaped floral cartouches interspersed by stylised lotus buds and encircled by a narrow geometric band.