A RARE IRON-RED-DECORATED AND INCISED 'HUNDRED-BATS' DISH

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE IRON-RED-DECORATED AND INCISED 'HUNDRED-BATS' DISH
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Of shallow form, painted around the everted rim in iron red with a design of 'one hundred bats', the interior delicately incised with ascending and descending dragons amidst clouds surrounding a roundel enclosing the characters, hong fu qi tian (happiness as vast as heaven), all enclosed by a narrow border of classic scroll and stylized florets
7 1/8 in. (19.4 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

This elegant dish is similar to one illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pp. 154-5, no. 786. The author notes that the inscription is a pun on the decoration, as it forms a homophone for "red bats arranged in order on the sky". A similar pair is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, The Barbara Hutton Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1956, pl. X (right).

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