Each bowl and cover bears the auspicious four-character mark in iron-red enamel reading "fu gui tong chun" that may be translated as "prosperity and eternal youth".
4 in. (10.3 cm.) diam.

With Orientique, Hong Kong, 31 August 1996.

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Xiwangmu, also known as Queen Mother of the West, is a Daoist figure and is seen here with one of her female attendants standing on a raft, with bats hovering above.