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          A WHITE JADE 'BAT' WASHER                           The openwork decoration of a bat and two coins represents the rebus fushou
          QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)                         shuangquan (May you possess both blessings and longevity). According
          The petal-form washer is fnely carved with elegant upright lobed sides. The   to Teresa Tse Bartholomew, Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, Asian Art
          interior is hollowed out to form a bat in fight with a beribboned coin. The   Museum of San Francisco, 2006, p. 169, no. 7.3.8, “while the two bats
          exterior is carved in low relief with a stylized bat and an angled ribbon. The   represent blessings, the two ancient coins are a pun for ‘completeness’.”
          stone is of an even white tone.                     White jade washers of this elegant form are well sought-after. The present
          4¡ in. (11.2 cm.) wide, hongmu stand                washer may be compared to a white jade washer of similar form with ring
                                                              handles and raised on four cloud-form feet, dated to mid-Qing dynasty,
          £10,000-15,000                       US$13,000-19,000
                                                 €12,000-17,000  illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji (The complete collection of Chinese jade),
                                                              vol. 6, Shijiazhuang, 1991, p. 219, no. 320.

                                                              清乾隆 白玉蝙蝠紋洗































































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