A Set of Four Chinese Iron Red and Gilt Porcelain Longevity Plates

Daoguang period (1821-50), porcelain hand painted with five longevity symbols in gilt, the central one surrounded by a border of bats, the same style border decorates the rim, gilt rims, sides with iron red bats, each with a six character Daoguang marks in red to the underside.

7 1/8 in. diameter

From the Estate of the late Josephine Ehringhaus Ayers, Anniston, Alabama

Some rubbing with loss to the gilt on rims; two with rim chips including one with hairline to underside visible under UV light.