Lot Essay
The five bats, wufu, represent the Five Blessings of health, wealth, long life, the love of virtue and a peaceful end to one's life.
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A VERY RARE BAMBOO CARVING OF FIVE BATS, WUFU
QING DYNASTY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Fluidly carved in the round and reticulated as five bats of differing sizes with outspread wings intervolved enclosing a loose small pearl-like sphere, their angular faces with pointed ears emerging from beneath the curled tips of the wings
2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.) wide
QING DYNASTY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Fluidly carved in the round and reticulated as five bats of differing sizes with outspread wings intervolved enclosing a loose small pearl-like sphere, their angular faces with pointed ears emerging from beneath the curled tips of the wings
2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
Sotheby's Belgravia, 1970's