The playful design of bats and clouds on the present pair of cups conveys the wish for 'vast happiness piled up to the sky' (hongfu qitian). Compare a pair of closely related Yongzheng bowls, sold in these rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 126, from the Edward T. Chow collection; and a pair of cups sold in our London rooms, 21st February 1967, lot 106. See also two pairs of doucai exampl✅es, both sold in these rooms: the first pair, 15th November 1988, lot 1; the second pair, 22nd May 1979, lot 206.

此對小盌外壁以青花作雲紋、礬紅作蝠紋，雲蝠相合，寓意洪福齊天。比雍正盌一對，頗為相似，仇焱之舊藏，售於香港蘇富比1980年11月25日，編號126；及一❀對，售於倫敦蘇富比1967年2月21日，編號106。另比兩對鬪彩例，均售於香港蘇富比，分別為1988年11月15日，編號1，及1979年5月22日，編號206。