A rare doucai ‘five bats’ dish, Mark and period of Yongzheng | 清雍正　鬪彩福山壽海圖盤 《大清雍正年製》款

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17th May 1988, lot 212.

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30th October 2000, lot 163.

Compare a pair of Yongzheng saucer dishes of the same design from the E.T. Chow Collection, sold in our rooms, 19th May 1981, lot 557. Another example, in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, is illustrated in Rose Kerr, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986, no. 86. Another is illustrated in Theresa Tse Bartholomew, Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 221, no. 7.55.1 where the author explains that the iconography refers to the double birthday greetings "May your blessing be as deep as the Eastern Sea, and may you live as old as the Southern Mountain".

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香港蘇富比1988年5月17日，編號212

香港蘇富比2000年10月30日，編號163

可資比對同例包括仇焱之舊藏一對售於香港蘇富比1981年5月19日，編號557；維多利亞與阿爾伯特博物館藏另一例，刊載於柯玫瑰著《清代瓷器1644-1911年》，倫敦，1986年，編號86；另有謝瑞華著《中國吉祥圖案》，香港，2006年，頁221，編號7.55.1著錄一例，作者闡釋此紋飾寓含「福如東海，壽比南山」雙重祝壽意象。