A SET OF FOUR UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND IRON-RED 'BAT' BOWLS MARKS AND PERIOD OF GUANGXU

each body with steep gently curved sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, painted to the interior with a medallion enclosing a bat in flight amidst cloud scrolls, the exterior similarly painted with five bats in flight forming the wufu

Formerly in the collection of Ambassador Max Mueller, orginally purchased in Shanghai, circa 1905 (by repute).