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A blue and white soft-paste flower-
moulded ‘Immortals’ vase
Qianlong
Of tall ovoid form, decorated with two elongated lobed panels
enclosing Xiwangmu poling a leaf-shaped boat and an Immortal sitting
astride a carp above swirling waves, all reserved on a fish-roe ground
moulded with leafy floral scrolls. 29.5cm (11 5/8in) high
£2,000 - 3,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000
HK$25,000 - 38,000
清乾隆 漿胎青花道仙圖花卉紋瓶
Provenance 來源: Eugene O. Perkins Collection
Offered at Christie’s New York, 2 June 1989, lot 71
The Baker Family Collection
The Lehigh University Collection
Roy Davids Collection, no.59
A related, but taller example is illustrated by J.Ayers in The Baur 145
Collection Geneva Chinese Ceramics, Volume Four, Geneva, 1974, the roy davids collection of chinese ceramics | 139
no.A 522. Whereas the present lot shows immortals on both sides, the
vase in the Baur Collection is painted with two landscapes.
