A famille rose 'Hundred bats' vase, Iron-red Guangxu six-character mark and of the period (1875-1908)
Lot 83. A famille rose 'Hundred bats' vase, Iron-red Guangxu six-character mark and of the period (1875-1908); 32cm (12 1/2in) high. Sold for £7,500 (€9,679). © Bonhams 2001-2016.
The compressed globular body rising to a straight cylindrical neck, brightly enamelled with iron-red bats and billowing multi-coloured ruyi clouds, all below a ruyi head border at the rim and above borders of lappets, the rim and foot gilded.
Provenance: Meijer A.Homeijer, Amsterdam (labels)
Note: Compare with a vase of different shape, but with an identical design of bats among clouds, dated to the Guangxu period, illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.467.
Bonhams. AUCTION 23237: FINE CHINESE ART, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET