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A CORAL-GROUND 'LOTUS AND BATS' DISH
20TH CENTURY
The dish is decorated to the exterior with a continuous stylised lotus scroll on a vibrant coral ground. The interior is decorated with five iron red bats. The base is painted with an apocryphal Qianlong mark.
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) diam.
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The image of five bats, wufu in Chinese art provides a homonym in the Chinese language for The Five Blessings, representing longevity, wealth, good health, virtue and a peaceful death.

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