A Chinese 'peach and bat' parcel-gilt silvered-metal washer, late Qing or Republic period in the form of a large peach resting on a gilded branch issuing smaller peaches, with five bats meticulously carved in high relief in different flying positions, the peach incised with a field of cloud motif, a circular character of shou and five encircling bats to the base, 18.7 cm long, 6 cm high