• Dimension: Height: 2 2/8 in (5.5 cm) Diameter: 3 7/8 in (10.0 cm)
• Estimate From: $1500
• Estimate To: $2500

Chinese. Brilliant enamelled with butterflies on a vivid yellow ground, the underside painted in iron-red with lotus scrolls. Tongzhi mark. Qing Dynasty period.

同治大婚用瓷主要以日用器為常，器類有碗、杯、盤、碟、渣鬥、勺、盒、燈等物。這類瓷器的的釉色以紅地、黃地為最多。其最重要特征之一是，無論釉色、器形如何，都以飾雙喜字為共同點。本品為同治皇帝大婚時奉旨燒造的品種，敞口，淺腹，圈足。盤心以黃彩為地，描金書寫八個“雙喜”字，粉彩繪各色蝴蝶，姿態各異，翩翩飛舞，布局緊湊，極為繁縟華麗。“同治年制”款識。