A FINE PAIR OF SMALL DOUCAI 'HUNDRED BATS' BOWLS
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A FINE PAIR OF SMALL DOUCAI 'HUNDRED BATS' BOWLS

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A FINE PAIR OF SMALL DOUCAI 'HUNDRED BATS' BOWLS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Each with thinly potted rounded sides, finely painted on the exterior with twelve bats in shaded iron-red, in flight amidst scrolling clouds, picked out in delicate shades of blue, aubergine, yellow and iron-red, all within single line borders in underglaze blue
3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) diam., box (2)

Lot Essay

Compare the near identical pair of bowls from the Paul and Helen Bernat Collection, sold in Hong Kong, 15 November 1988, lot 1; and again in these Rooms, 20 March 1990, lot 656. Another pair was sold in these Rooms, 29 April 1996, lot 757; while bowls of the same design but painted with iron-red bats amidst underglaze-blue clouds was sold in Hong Kong, 25 November 1980, lot 126, from the Edward T. Chow Collection.

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