A DOUCAI 'BAT-AND-CITRUS' BOWL

A DOUCAI 'BAT-AND-CITRUS' BOWL
China, six-character Yongzheng mark, shallow bowl form with well-rounded sides, decorated with four double-bat designs in iron red alternating with four double-citrus sprays, each of which with a, "shou," character, the interior with a bat-and-pomegranate design in the well,
ht. 2 3/8, mouth rim dia. 5 7/8 in.
Provenance: Collection of Dorothy-Lee Jones Ward (1948-2022), Wellesley, Massachusetts, and Sebago, Maine. Dorothy was a known expert and collector of glass and ceramics, the founder of the Jones Museum of Glass and Ceramics, and an Honorary Fellow of the Corning Museum of Glass.

Note: See an almost identical Doucai 'Bat and Citrus' Bowl, Yongzheng mark and period, which was sold at Christie's New York, 14 September 2012.

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