TWO UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED 'IMMORTALS' DISHES QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

each with shallow rounded sides, the short gently tapered foot rising to an everted rim, the exterior painted with the Eight Daoist Immortals in underglaze blue against a swirling ground of stylized copper-red waves, the interior centering a medallion enclosing Shoulao and a deer against a further wave ground, cloud scrolls and a partially obscured sun above, the recessed bases glazed white with hallmarks in underglaze blue within double squares, one reading Qingyi tang zhi and the other Yanghe tang zhi (2)
Diameter 6 1/2 in., 16.3 cm

Provenance:
Weisbrod & Dy, Toronto, 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent.