A NEAR-PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'MAGU XIANSHOU' DISHES.

Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period.

Each painted with the Immortal beauty carrying a ruyi sceptre and a basket of blossoms and lingzhi, looking towards her young assistant equipped with a jar, a spotted yellow deer observing them from the right, all beneath a pine tree emerging from a rocky outcrop, the rims with floral bands, 22.5cm diameter. (2)

Provenance: from the Jodrell Collection [label].

清雍正 粉彩繪麻姑獻壽圖紋折沿碟一對

來源：喬德雷爾收藏（標籤）。

Magu is a Chinese mythical figure known for her association with long life. She is regularly depicted carrying a basket of peaches and homebrewed lingzhi wine, both symbols of longevity, on her way to visit Xi Wangmu, the Queen Mother of the West, on the occasion of her birthday.

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