AN IRON-RED 'BATS' BOWL
daoguang seal mark and of the period
Enamelled around the body with five stylized bats below wan symbols divided by leafy peaches and ruyi-heads supported by scroll motifs issuing from a similar band around the cylindrical foot, the band around the rim suspending stylized tasselled beads
5in. (12.5cm.) diam.
Lot Essay
For a similar example see the bowl illustrated by The Chinese University of Hong Kong in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, p.83, no.68.