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A pair of famille rose and gilt ‘bats’ bottle vases
Guangxu six-character marks and of the period
Each enamelled around the bulbous body with a multitude of iron-red
bats flying amid yellow, blue, pink and green cloud scrolls above stiff
lappets at the foot, the shoulder with a band containing four gilt shou
characters alternating with lotus, the flaring neck similarly decorated
with bats and cloud scrolls beneath a band of ruyi head at the rim.
Each 38.7cm (15¼in) high (2).
£10,000 - 15,000
HK$120,000 - 190,000 CNY98,000 - 150,000
清光緒 粉彩描金雲蝠紋賞瓶一對 礬紅「大清光緒年製」楷書款
A very similar single ‘bats’ vase, Guangxu mark and of the period, is
illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the
Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.467.
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