Sold for $2,250

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

A Pair of Iron Red and Underglaze Blue Porcelain 'Bat and Cloud' Bowls

GUANGXU MARK AND PERIOD

each painted on the exterior with the wufu (five bats) flying among stylized clouds, the base bearing a six-character mark in underglaze blue, Daqing Guangxu nian zhi.

Diameter 6 1/2 in., 16.5 cm.

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois

Condition Report

Each bowl in overall good condition with no visible chips, hairlines or restoration. Some pits to the glaze. Both bowls with dirt and dust residue to the underside.

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