A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF DOUCAI 'HUNDRED BATS' BOWLS

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF 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 3/4 in. (9.7 cm.) diam., box (2)

Provenance

Acquired from a private collection, Rome

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Lot Essay

Compare similar pairs of bowls: one from the Paul and Helen Bernat Collection sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15 November 1988, lot 1; another at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 April 2002, lot 619, and sold again on 27 May 2008, lot 1585. A Qianlong-marked jar with similar motif from The Tsui Art Foundation was exhibited, Joined Colours: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain, Washington D.C., 1993, Catalogue, p. 146, pl. 71.

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