AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED 'IMMORTALS' WINE EWER, WARMER AND A COVER QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

of double gourd form, the upper bulb comprising the ewer with a loop handle, curved spout, and deep protruding cylindrical base, each decorated with underglaze-blue bats and copper-red lingzhi-shaped clouds, the lower bulb comprising the warmer, set with two beast-mask handles, all painted with the Eight Daoist Immortals in underglaze blue against a ground of swirling copper red waves, the recessed base glazed white and inscribed Gongshou tang zhi within a double square in underglaze blue, wood cover (3)
Height 5 3/4 in., 14.6 cm

Provenance:
Acquired between 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent.