A pair of Chinese famille rose-decorated porcelain "Thousand Bats" vases, Guangxu six-character marks and of the period “洪福齊天”瓶一對 光緒六字款 清光緒

Each of bottle form with flared lip and globular body, on a low circular foot, the iron red bats depicted flying among colorful ruyi-head shaped clouds, six-character mark to the underside in iron-red, later inscribed "CHINA"

H: 15 3/8 in.; 15 1/2 in.

Provenance

O’Shea Antiques, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Acquired from the above in the 1950s by the family of the present owner
Thence by descent

NOTE: In Chinese, red bats flying among clouds refer to the homophonous saying "Hong Fu Qi Tian" (Magnificent Good Fortune as Boundless as Heaven), often used as a felicitous birthday greeting.

 

來源：

俄克拉荷馬州Tulsa，O’Shea Antiques
現任藏家家族1950年代購藏
家族內傳承

註：

紅蝠諧音洪福，常作賀壽使用。