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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 16¼ in., 41.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of John Milton Bonham (1835-1897).
$ 200,000-300,000

清乾隆 青花仙人圖大瓶
《大清乾隆年製》款

來源
John Milton Bonham (1835-1897) 收藏

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