A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' CHARGER.

Qing Dynasty.

Painted to depict a young girl pleading with her mother to accept her young scholar lover, all set out in a fine interior, the rims with precious objects and flower heads on a diaper ground, the reverse with floral sprays, 42cm diameter.

清 五彩繪西廂記故事圖紋折沿大盤

款識：這其間何必苦追求，常言道女大不中留。

The scene depicted is from the Romance of the Western Chamber tells of Cui Yingying, a beautiful maiden, begging her reluctant mother, Madam Zheng, to allow her marriage to the poor but talented scholar, Zhang Sheng. She sends Zhang to the capital to seek his fortune and ultimately returns to marry Yingying.