Lot 2506. A rare celadon glazed 'bat' washer. Seal mark and period of Qianlong. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 USD. Lot Sold:  500,000 HKD. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's

the interior incised with the wufu flying over a ring of foaming crested waves, the upright sides decorated with a band of flower sprigs below the rim, the exterior with lotus flowers within ruyi-shaped panels linked by further ruyi elements, applied overall with a fine soft eau-de-nil toned glaze with nine evenly spaced pinhead spurmarks arranged in a ring within the foot, inscribed on the base with the six-character seal mark - 13 cm., 5 1/8 in. 

PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26th October 1993, lot 121.

NOTE: Compare a celadon Qianlong washer decorated with two archaistic dragons encircling a flowerhead and of larger size, sold in these rooms, 24th November 1987, lot 117

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. 08 Oct 08. Hong Kong