Lot Essay
Compare the present lot with an identical pair included in the Shanghai Museum exhibition, Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Hu, illustrated in the Catalogue, 1989, no. 70. Cf. also a comparable plaque with blue-enamelled bats and a ground decorated in iron-red and gilt, was sold in these Rooms, 30 April 2001, lot 714.