A wucai cylindrical sleeve vase
Shunzhi
Attractively and elaborately painted with Shoulao arriving on a flying crane above a group of eight welcoming Immortals holding out their identifying attributes outside a pavilion, the details enhanced in translucent green, yellow, aubergine and iron-red enamels. 41cm (16in) high
Attractively and elaborately painted with Shoulao arriving on a flying crane above a group of eight welcoming Immortals holding out their identifying attributes outside a pavilion, the details enhanced in translucent green, yellow, aubergine and iron-red enamels. 41cm (16in) high
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£13,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 清順治 五彩八仙圖筒式瓶
Provenance: a Belgian private collection
Shoulao is the god of immortality and is frequently shown in the company of the Eight Daoist Immortals, but it is more remarkable to see him flying on a long-legged crane, itself another symbol of immortality since it was traditionally believed to live for a thousand years. For another Shunzhi wucai vase depicting Shoulao on his crane, but of flaring shape, see Shunzhi Porcelain: Treasures from an Unknown Reign, Seattle, 2002, col.pl. 77.
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