Fivefold Abundance

Probably imperial, 1760-1830
Height: 5.7 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.48/1.54 cm
Stopper: gilt bronze

Provenance:
Robert Hall, November 2010
Hugh Moss (HK)

 

Red lacquer and bronze with gold (‘cinnabar lacquer’); with a flat lip and flat, oval foot; carved with a continuous design of five bats flying among the branches of a fruiting tree bearing peaches, pomegranates and finger-citrons (‘The Three Abundances’), the foot with a formalized shou 壽 (‘longevity’) character in seal script, the neck with a floral diaper design; the bronze lip gilt

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