Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1800-1900
Materials:porcelain
Technique:moulded, glazed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 157 millimetres Height: 78 millimetres
Description:
Porcelain bowl in the form of five moulded bats, four bats with head down on the exterior, and the fifth with head upwards and wings stretched. The bowl has iron red enamel over felspathic glaze.
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![图片[2]-bowl BM-PDF.524-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00371097_001.jpg)
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Comments:Published PDF date : Qing 18thC Room 95 label text:PDF 524Bowl in the form of five modelled batsThis porcelain bowl is moulded in the form of five bats. Five bats are a Chinese visual pun standing for the Five Blessings. These 五福 (wufu ‘Five Blessings) are 康 (kang ‘good health’); 壽 (shou ‘long life’) 富 (fu ‘wealth’), 德 (de ‘virtue’) and 考终命 (kao zhong ming ‘a natural death in old age’). The bowl is covered with an iron-red glaze.Porcelain with transparent and iron-red glazesJingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Qing dynasty, about 1700–1900 模制五蝠形碗此瓷碗為模制五蝙蝠形。中文“五蝠”與“五福”諧音。五福（五種福報）即康寧（健康）、壽（長壽）、富（富有）、德（美德）以及考終命（善終）。此碗施鐵紅釉。瓷器，透明鐵紅釉江西省景德鎮清代，約1700-1900年
Materials:porcelain
Technique:moulded, glazed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 157 millimetres Height: 78 millimetres
Description:
Porcelain bowl in the form of five moulded bats, four bats with head down on the exterior, and the fifth with head upwards and wings stretched. The bowl has iron red enamel over felspathic glaze.
IMG
Comments:Published PDF date : Qing 18thC Room 95 label text:PDF 524Bowl in the form of five modelled batsThis porcelain bowl is moulded in the form of five bats. Five bats are a Chinese visual pun standing for the Five Blessings. These 五福 (wufu ‘Five Blessings) are 康 (kang ‘good health’); 壽 (shou ‘long life’) 富 (fu ‘wealth’), 德 (de ‘virtue’) and 考终命 (kao zhong ming ‘a natural death in old age’). The bowl is covered with an iron-red glaze.Porcelain with transparent and iron-red glazesJingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Qing dynasty, about 1700–1900 模制五蝠形碗此瓷碗為模制五蝙蝠形。中文“五蝠”與“五福”諧音。五福（五種福報）即康寧（健康）、壽（長壽）、富（富有）、德（美德）以及考終命（善終）。此碗施鐵紅釉。瓷器，透明鐵紅釉江西省景德鎮清代，約1700-1900年
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