Lot Essay
The decoration and composition of iron-red bats on the present dishes are after the Yongzheng prototype, a pair of which were sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 October 1991, lot 184.
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TONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)
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A FINE PAIR OF IRON-RED DECORATED 'BATS' DISHES
TONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)
The interior delicately painted in iron-red with five bats, their wings outstretched and arranged in a circle, the cavetto skilfully painted with twelve bats variously in flight, between underglaze blue borders of double-circles, the reverse similarly decorated with eight bats
6 in. (15 cm.) diam., box (2)
TONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)
The interior delicately painted in iron-red with five bats, their wings outstretched and arranged in a circle, the cavetto skilfully painted with twelve bats variously in flight, between underglaze blue borders of double-circles, the reverse similarly decorated with eight bats
6 in. (15 cm.) diam., box (2)
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Aster Ng
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