A Chinese underglaze blue and iron-red decorated bats dish six character Yongzheng mark and of the period 1723-35, painted to the well with five bats with wings outstretched to form a circle, the rim with a further twelve bats in flight, all between concentric double bands, the reverse with eight bats, a band of key fret to the foot, contained in a fitted box, 15cm.

Provenance: the collection of Andrew Williams Esq., Oxfordshire.