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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE
‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’
DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
JIAJING PERIOD (1521-1566)
The vase is decorated with The Eight Immortals on the lower
body and three depictions of Liuhai on the upper body and
separated by divided by bands of foral scroll at the waist, all
between bands of ruyi-shaped cloud scroll at the mouth rim
and petal lappets above the foot.
21 in. (53.4 cm.) high

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE
Pauline (1882-1956) and Potter Palmer II (1875-1943)
Collection, Chicago, before 1941.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1941.
明嘉靖 青花八仙過海圖大葫蘆瓶

Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago.

POTTER PALMER II (1875-1943)
Potter Palmer II was the son of Potter (1826-1902) and
Bertha Palmer (née Bertha Matilde Honoré; 1849-1918),
who bequeathed the paintings that form the core of The
Art Institute of Chicago’s much-admired Impressionist art
collection. Potter Palmer II served as the president of the
museum from 1925 to 1943, as well as a trustee for two
decades, and he was also a member of the Orientals. He
and his wife Pauline (née Pauline Blake Kohlsaat; 1882-
1956) donated numerous Chinese works of art from their
collection to The Art Institute of Chicago, and this exceptional
family tradition of generosity was continued by subsequent
generations of the Palmers.
龐波特（Potter Palmer II）二世之雙親龐波特一世伉儷
（Potter Palmer; 1826-1902及Bertha Matilde Honoré; 1849-1918)
的收藏為芝加哥藝術博物館館藏印象派藝術作品之骨幹。
龐波特二世於1925至1945年出任博物館主席，並任該館董
事二十載，亦為東方雅集（the Orientals）成員。他與其妻
Pauline (閨名Pauline Blake Kohlsaat; 1882-1856) 捐贈芝加哥
藝術博物館無數中國藝術瑰寶，其家族後人亦承其遺風，
堪為佳話。