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HUIT STATUETTES D’IMMORTELS TAOÏSTES EN PORCELAINE TROIS STATUETTES DE D’IMMORTELS TAOÏSTES EN
DE LA FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAINE DE LA FAMILLE ROSE
XVIIIe/début du XIXe siècle XVIIIe/début du XIXe siècle
EIGHT FAMILLE ROSE FIGURES OF DAOIST IMMORTALS THREE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURES OF DAOIST IMMORTALS
18th/early 19th century 18th/early 19th century
The Eight Immortals representing He Xiangu, Cao Goujiu, Li Tieguai, Comprising one male and two female figures, all depicted standing
Lan Cai, Lü Dongbin, Han Xiangzi and Zhang Guolao, each with its and wearing long flowing robes falling gracefully on their feet.
attribute, standing atop a stepped pedestal. The largest 23.4cm (9 2/8in) high. (3).
The largest 24.5cm (9 5/8in) high. (8).
€200 - 300
€500 - 800
Provenance:
Provenance: Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
For a related set of the Eight Immortals, 18th century, see A.du Boulay,
Sets of this type were very popular for export. See a similar set of nine Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, Oxford, 1984, p.290,
figures of standing Immortals, Jiaqing, illustrated by M.Cohen and pl.1.
W.Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese Export
Ceramic Figures, Surrey, 2008, p.64, no.2.1. 十八/十九世紀早期 粉彩道教人物像 一組三尊

Compare also with a set of nine famille rose standing Daoist Immortals, 來源：
Late Qianlong/Jiaqing, which were sold at Bonhams London, 10 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
November 2011, lot 646.
十八/十九世紀早期 粉彩八仙人物立像 一組八件

來源：
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏

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