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This product is open, with curved walls and circular feet. Panxin painted a lush peach tree in pink, winding and extending along the wall to the outer wall. The branches were elegantly painted with peach blossoms in full bloom, colorful flower buds, eight bright red peach fruits, five inside the plate and three outside the plate, seamlessly integrated; Amidst the peach branches, three bats are painted in alum red dancing in the center of the plate, and two are painted on the outer wall. The bottom foot is blue and white with double Japanese horns, and the box inside reads "Made in the Yongzheng Year of the Qing Dynasty" in six characters and three lines of regular script. This pair of plates depicts a peach tree with exquisite brushstrokes, with its branches twisted and agile, winding and sometimes turning, yet always complementing the bowl shape. The stamens and buds are outlined with fine brushstrokes and light ink, highlighting their high purity and elegance, dense yet not disorderly, fully demonstrating the painter's skills. The form is dignified and elegant, using the technique of branch and flower painting on a white background, starting from the outer wall of the vessel, passing through the mouth edge, and continuing to the inner wall of the vessel, depicting eight peaches and five bats, taking the meaning of "Hongfu Qitian" and "Fu Shou Shuangquan". During the Yongzheng period, eight peaches were generally painted, while during the Qianlong period, nine peaches were mostly painted, hence the saying "Yongba Ganjiu". The ingenuity of the layout and composition of this product is evident in the use of the "crossing branch" technique. Guo Zhi, also known as "Guo Wall", refers to the flower painting layout that connects the inner and outer walls of the bowl and plate. The pattern climbs from the outer wall of the plate and extends over the edge of the plate, spreading and laying it in the center of the plate, making the inner and outer patterns both independent and integrated. In the "Tao Ya" written by Chen Liu in the late Qing Dynasty, it is recorded that "after the reign of Emperor Gengzi, there were many colorful dishes and bowls that crossed the branches. Those that crossed the branches and clouds reached the other side from then on, with the branches connected and the flowers and leaves belonging to each other, all of which were the official kilns of Emperor Yongzheng."