A pair of imari dishes decorated with Hsi Wang Mu, Queen Mother of the West. Kangxi period.
Decorated with a lady walking in a garden with a deer, Hsi Wang Mu, within large lappet borders.
- Country:
- China
- Period :
- Kangxi (1662-1722)
- Material:
- Porcelain
- Dimension:
- 9.05 in. (23.5 cm)
- Reference :
- B685
- Status:
- sold
Related works
For a pair of identical dishes, see Christie’s New York, Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export, 20 January 2004, lot 12.
Notice
Hsi Wang Mu, Queen Mother of the West, Royal Lady of the West, is a fabulous being reputed to dwell in a palace on the K’un-lun Mountains, where she presides over the hosts of the genii and guards the peaches of immortality.
