A LARGE AND EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'IMMORTALS' VASE QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the tall ovoid body rising from a straight foot to rounded shoulders and an everted rim, the exterior of the vessel finely painted in brilliant varying tones of cobalt blue with the Eight Daoist Immortals holding their respective attributes and standing on stylized swirling clouds above frothing waves encircling the base, with Shoulao atop a crane in flight in the sky above, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Height 16 1/4 in., 41.5 cm
Provenance:
Collection of John Milton Bonham (1836-1897).
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the tall ovoid body rising from a straight foot to rounded shoulders and an everted rim, the exterior of the vessel finely painted in brilliant varying tones of cobalt blue with the Eight Daoist Immortals holding their respective attributes and standing on stylized swirling clouds above frothing waves encircling the base, with Shoulao atop a crane in flight in the sky above, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Height 16 1/4 in., 41.5 cm
Provenance:
Collection of John Milton Bonham (1836-1897).
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