A blue and white 'drunken Immortals' bowl
Kangxi six-character mark and of the period
Finely painted to each of the octagonal lobes of the deep U-shaped body with one of the eight drunken Immortals with an accompanying four-line inscription, all above a lotus-lappet band at the short lobed foot, the interior with a reclining drunken Immortal encircled by a dragon and ruyi-head band at the rim,
21.5cm.(8 1/2in.) diam.
Finely painted to each of the octagonal lobes of the deep U-shaped body with one of the eight drunken Immortals with an accompanying four-line inscription, all above a lotus-lappet band at the short lobed foot, the interior with a reclining drunken Immortal encircled by a dragon and ruyi-head band at the rim,
21.5cm.(8 1/2in.) diam.
Sold for
£4,780
inc. premium
Footnotes
- For a double-gourd vase painted with the same scenes, see Wang Qingzheng, Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum, p.48, no.34
Category: Asian Art
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