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A blue and white 'Eight…
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Melbourne
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1-Dec-2024
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A blue and white 'Eight Immortals' bowl. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, 17th century. A wide bowl with steep walls and an outward-curving lip rim. The center features a convex section surrounded by the eight emblems in underglaze blue. Four figures of He Xiangu are depicted on the bulge, along with four flowering branches on the exterior: plum blossom, chrysanthemum, lotus, and peony. Above these is a continuous swastika and parquet pattern border in relief. There is an almost identical one in metropolitan Museum of Arts. Accession number: 79.2.403. An almost identical bowl was sold at Christie's Online, 7-21 July 2016, lot 114. Provenance: Otmar Kurrus collection (1929-2012). Important private collection, Melbourne. Haitangge collection, diameter 18.9 cm, height 6.5 cm
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Oriental: Ceramics - Chinese