A GILT-DECORATED CORAL-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE 'DAJI' 'DOUBLE GOURD' PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD |

moulded after a flattened beribboned double-gourd vase resting on a short foot and supported on a simulated wood stand, rendered with an iron-red surface picked out in gilt with a diapered ground, framing a gilt-rimmed white medallion on each bulb, the medallions enclosing the characters da and ji ('great happiness') respectively and encircled with five outstretched blue-outlined bats, all above a ruyi border skirting the foot, the shaped plaque further rendered with a billowing turquoise ribbon tied around the constricted waist and surmounted by a large gilt bat at the mouth-rim, affixed to a wood frame

Galerie Moderne, Brussels, 19th October 1953.
Collection of Mr and Mrs Robert de Strycker.
Piasa, Paris, 10th June 2013, lot 22.

There is a chip to the back holder approx. 3.5cm long, minor firing imperfections to the extremities and general surface wear including minor wear to the enamelling and gilding.
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An identical example from the collection of Sir Quo-Wei Lee was sold in these rooms, 3rd October 2018, lot 146. See also another decorated with gilt bats, illustrated in Wang Qingzheng and George Fan, Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Hu, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 1989, cat. no. 70.