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« on: July 16, 2012, 10:11:09 am »

Hi Tom,

A Great bottle indeed, the 4 ladies and 16 children subject are very popular throught Ming period to Qing period.

Actually in chinese, its called "四妃十六子" which means "4 wives and 16 kids" . as you might know, the wealthy man can have more than one wife during the past in china, and people always like to have huge family  with many kids around, "四妃十六子" is a wish to have a big family..

Attached is a same subject of later qing dish, same subject..

I don't know if there is any specific story behind this, but the subject is well known and popilar during the past.

Steven


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