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87 Provenance 來源: St. Louis Art Museum (label), accession no.269:15
A coral-ground ‘five bats’ bowl Sotheby’s New York, 29 March 2006, lot 476
Chenghua six-character mark, Yongzheng S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label)
Thinly potted, the rounded sides rising from a tall foot to a straight rim, Roy Davids Collection, no.128, acquired on 6 October 2006
the white interior finely enamelled with five iron-red bats in flight, the
exterior covered in a rich coral glaze. 22.3cm (8 3/4in) diam. Five bats wufu 五蝠 represent the wish ‘May the Five Blessings
descend upon this home’. The Five Blessings are old age, wealth,
£2,000 - 3,000 health, love of virtue and a peaceful death and were first mentioned in
HK$25,000 - 38,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000 an ancient text from the Warring States period.
清雍正 珊瑚紅地五蝠紋碗 青花「大明成化年製」楷書款
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