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A Chinese pair of iron-red Overglazed and underglaze-blue 'Five…
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Melbourne
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25-Oct-2015
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A Chinese pair of iron-red Overglazed and underglaze-blue 'Five Bats' bowls, Spurious Qianlong marks, early 20th century, each rising from a short foot, and covered to the exterior with five bats - wufu, representing the five-blessings, in iron-red, swooping amongst meandering underglaze blue clouds, with six-character Qianlong mark to base, with box, 5 cm high, 11.5 cm diameter. Reference: a similar example can be found in 'Qing Dynasty porcelain Shangjian' Shanghai Science and Technology press, Hong Kong, 1994, p287, fig.383
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