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A RARE AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE ‘BAT’
MARRIAGE BOWL
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 白玉福壽如意蓮花足雙福活環耳奩
with rounded sides supported on four feet worked in the form
of lotus blooms and rising to an everted cusped rim, the vessel
flanked by a pair of handles, each rendered as a bat with
outstretched wings resting on the rim and suspending a loose
ring, the exterior decorated in low relief with a pair of bats
rendered with archaistic scrollwork, below shou medallions
enclosed within ruyi bands bordering the rim, the stone of an
even white colour with faint icy inclusions, wood stand
17.6 cm, 6⅞ in.
HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,000-90,000
