Blue and white plate with bats

Southeast Asian Collection

Accession Nr.: 61.367.1
Type: pottery
Date of production:
18 – 19th century
Place of production:
Materials/Techniques: porcelain, underglaze blue
Dimensions: height: 1.7 cm
diameter: 15.1 cm
Small porcelain plate with underglaze blue decoration. In the middle the Chinese character for long life with a circle of bats and a lucky mushroom can be seen, with bats on the outer rim. The object was an exchange gift from the Museum of History of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the collection of the Hopp Museum in 1961.