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A COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE DECORATED ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ BOWL
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
The bowl with rounded sides rising from on a short foot, the exterior painted in underglaze blue
with the Eight Immortals carrying their various attributes, riding on various sea creatures or
plants, journeying across a ground of red cresting waves, all above a key-fret band encircling
the foot, the interior similarly decorated with a central medallion enclosing Shoulao and a deer
amongst red waves below scrolling clouds, stand, box.
22cm (8 5/8in) diam. (3).
HKD100,000 - 150,000
US$13,000 - 19,000
清乾隆 青花釉裏紅八仙慶壽碗
青花「大清乾隆年製」六字篆書款

Provenance:
An Asian private collection

來源：
亞洲私人收藏

The Eight Immortals is a group of Daoist Immortals in Chinese mythology. Each Immortal’s
power can be transferred to an attribute that can bestow life or destroy evil. Their identities
varied before becoming Immortals, including aristocrats, scholars, officials, Daoist monks,
vagrants; therefore, they represented multiple auspicious signs such as prosperity, longevity,
achievement in the government and culture.

Compare with a similar bowl, Qianlong mark and of the period, which was sold at Sotheby’s
Hong Kong, 11 July 2020, lot 3621.

碗鼓腹斜收，收於圈足，外壁口沿繪青花雙圈，外壁以釉裡紅滿繪海水紋，再繪青花八仙，八仙
各腳踏海獸及法器，碗心繪釉裡紅海水及青花壽老，底足外墻繪釉裡紅回紋一周，碗底書「青花
大清乾隆年製」六字篆書款。

八仙故事由來已廣，唐代以來便出現在詩詞文獻，元代以降則多見於藝術裝飾。八仙成仙之前
身份各異，基本涵蓋了中國古代社會的各個階層，貴族，文士乃至乞丐最終修成正果後聚成一
體，代表了各階層民眾對長生不老、功名利祿的希求。

參考一件極似青花釉裏紅八仙慶壽碗，2020年7月11日售於香港蘇富比，拍品編號3621。

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