A famille-rose 'bats and emblems' bowl and cover, Qing dynasty, Daoguang period | 清道光 粉彩博古圖蓋盌 《慎德堂製》款

A famille-rose 'bats and emblems' bowl and cover

Qing dynasty, Daoguang period

清道光 粉彩博古圖蓋盌

《慎德堂製》款

finely enameled to the exterior with a shaped diaper border around the rim suspending pendants in the form of bats and jewels, alternating with suspended parasols dangling lotus-form emblems, chimes, and tassels, all above upright ruyi-form lappets encircling the foot, the cover similarly decorated, both the bowl and cover inscribed with a four-character Shendetang zhi mark in iron red (2)

Diameter 4 ¼ in., 10.9 cm