A BLUE AND WHITE OGEE 'BAJIXIANG' DISH SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG |

of ogee form, the interior with a flat central well decorated in cobalt blue with a stylised six-petalled florette surrounded by a 'classic scroll' frieze, all enclosed by a cavetto evenly adorned with the bajixiang, each emblem save for the lotus rendered flanked by billowing ribbons, the lotus bloom depicted borne on and flanked by curling foliage, the exterior decorated with five bats soaring over tempestous waves crashing against rocky outcrops, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark

Collection of Erik Akerlund (1871-1952), well-known Swedish dentist and art collector, by repute.
Christie's Hong Kong, 30th May 2012, lot 4176. 

There are two retouched glaze flakes along the rim, one to the exterior near the conch shell and the other to the interior near the endless knot.
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