LIVE AUCTION JULY 3RD, 2024 - 1ST SESSION - ASIAN ART
Porcelain vase “Bats and clouds” Qing dynasty
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Vase of circular base, supported on a narrow foot, it has a globular, slightly flat body that narrows to the height of the shoulders forming an elongated neck.
It is deeply decorated in cinnabar blue and iron red underglaze enamel, with fine details in gold, representing small bats with outstretched wings flying over a sky full of curled clouds. Both the foot and the mouth are adorned with bands of decorative elements such as intertwined branches, geometric motifs or lotuses in bloom.
The terms “fortune” and “bat” are homophones in Mandarin Chinese; this is why we find a widespread representation of this animal in various works throughout the Qing Dynasty.
On the base it has a six-character mark “大清光绪年制” in underglaze blue.
Height: 31 cm
- Provenance: acquired from KUNSTHANDEL KLEFISCH in 2013 (as indicated on the label).
- Current French private collection.
