each of ovoid shape flaring from a tapered foot, painted around the exterior with a central band of lotus-head scrolls alternating with iron-red shuangxi ('Double Happiness') characters, below a register of iron-red descending bats alternating with pomegranate, peach and finger citron bouquets, picked out in pink, blue and white enamel, against a lime-green ground, the shoulder with a border of ruyi-head lappets, the slightly waisted neck with upright plantain lappets below an iron-red and gilt lipped rim, the interior and countersunk base glazed turquoise, seal mark in iron-red, wood stands, boxes (6).
Provenance: Collection of Takashi Hara (Japanese Prime Minister, 1918-1921).
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. 16 Sep 09. New York.