ID 963294
Lot 3028 | AN IRON-RED AND ANHUA-DECORATED ‘HUNDRED BATS BIRTHDAY’ DISH
Estimate value
HKD 600 000 – 800 000
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The flat, everted rim is decorated in iron-red with a ‘hundred bats’ border. The interior has thread-relief characters reading hong fu qi tian, which may be translated as “happiness as vast as heaven”.
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 22 May 1986, lot 74
The Meiyintang collection, no. 786
Literature
R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 2, no. 786
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Kangxi period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Kangxi period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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