Lot 738. An unusual small cream-glazed double-gourd-form box and cover, 18th century; 12 ½ in.(31.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019

The box is decorated in relief with four bats on the body and the cover is similarly decorated with three smaller bats surrounding a gnarled stem extending downwards from the top.

Provenance: Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1925.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1925.

Christie's. Chinese Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, New York, 12 September 2019