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the pear-shaped body rising from a high ⧍侚⢕㡦䖤1983䎃11剢10傈管贫770
splayed foot to a galleried rim, " nely molded D M Freedman⧍侚2000䎃
and brightly enameled in relief with four lively
Daoist " gures, amidst a simple landscape ᆂ㻪
and ! oating auspicious emblems, the deities շ䫵〢輑➛ : 悦誩㛔询䐁擳櫙㐼㾝ո豤㺢嫲
similarly attired in long, ! owing monk’s robes, 秣秉2014䎃管贫24
with tonsured heads and mirthful faces, the
immortal Liu Hai, balancing a three-legged
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toad issuing its magical vapor atop one
Je# rey P StamenCynthia Volk ⿻⧋❠俛
extended arm, a fellow immortal amused by
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the toad leaping joyfully nearby and the Hehe
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Erxian hunkered down observing the action,
a basket of gold ingots and a long string of
coins to each side, two raised gilt " llets at
the shoulder above and a band of pendent
ruyi heads below, the neck painted with an
immortal shepherding a deer and another
standing by a cluster of rocks, coll. no. 203.
Height 15⅛ in., 38.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 10th November 1983, lot
770.
D & M Freedman, London, 2000.
EXHIBITED
Embracing Classic Chinese Culture: Kangxi
Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang Collection,
Sotheby’s, New York, 2014, cat. no. 24.
LITERATURE
Je# rey P. Stamen and Cynthia Volk with Yibin
Ni, A Culture Revealed: Kangxi-era Chinese
Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang Collection,
Bruges, 2017, pl. 80.
$ 80,000-120,000

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