A pair of copper-red 'bats and cranes' dishes. Marks and period of Yongzheng

each with a flat base angling to steeply everted sides, the interior with five bats plunging and swooping around the centre and rim, the exterior with six circular medallions enclosing cranes with wings spread apart amidst stylised clouds - 15.8 cm., 6 1/4 in. - Lot Sold: 200,000 HKD

PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17th May 1988, lot 202

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. 08 Oct 08. Hong Kong - www.sothebys.com - Photo Courtesy Sotheby's