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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CHICAGO COLLECTION (another view)
1263
AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED ‘IMMORTALS’ BOWL
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The bowl has gently rounded sides rising from a short, slightly tapered foot.
The interior is painted in underglaze blue with Shoulao standing beside a
spotted deer against a background of underglaze copper-red waves. The
exterior is decorated with the Eight Daoist Immortals in underglaze blue
reserved on a ground of similar copper-red waves.
8æ in. (22.3 cm.) diam.
$12,000-18,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of Chin Hai Wang, acquired in Taiwan before 1964, and thence by
descent within the family.
清乾隆 青花釉裏紅八仙過海紋大盌 六字篆書款
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