CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES EN ROUGE DE FER ET EPOQUE GUANGXU (1875-1908)

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GRAND PLAT EN PORCELAINE DE LA FAMILLE ROSE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES EN ROUGE DE FER ET EPOQUE GUANGXU (1875-1908)
Reposant sur un petit pied, il est délicatement orné de chauves-souris en rouge de fer volant parmi des nuages multicolores en forme de lingzhi.
Diamètre: 52 cm. (20 ½ in.)

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This item will be transferred to an offsite warehouse after the sale. Please refer to department for information about storage charges and collection details. Additional costs of 5.5% including tax of the auction price will be taken in addition to the usual costs charged to the buyer. These additional costs are likely to be reimbursed to the buyer on presentation of proof of export of the batch outside the Union European within the legal deadlines (See the "VAT" section of Terms of sale)

Further details

A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'HUNDRED BATS' DISH
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)

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Lot Essay

A similar dish included in the exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1983, no. 139, was later sold at Christie's Singapore, 30 March 1997, lot 285. Another similar example was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, lot 3458 and a third sold at Christie's New York, 15-16 March 2015, lot 3136. According to Jan Stuart, 'Layers of Meaning', in Joined Colors - Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 57, bats and clouds symbolize 'vast happiness piled up to the sky'.

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