Lot 3127
3127
TWO SMALL BLUE AND WHITE 'IMMORTALS' CUPS
TWO SMALL BLUE AND WHITE 'IMMORTALS' CUPS
TWO SMALL BLUE AND WHITE 'IMMORTALS' CUPS
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TWO SMALL BLUE AND WHITE 'IMMORTALS' CUPS

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1726-1735)

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TWO SMALL BLUE AND WHITE 'IMMORTALS' CUPS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1726-1735)
Each bowl is finely painted to the exterior with the Eight Daoist Immortals, Baxian, holding their various attributes, standing upon a band of waves. The interiors are decorated with a central medallion enclosing a scene of Shoulao seated below a pine tree, beside a stag and two bats in flight.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) diam., box

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Lot Essay

The scene depicted on the current cups is the legend of the Eight Daoist Immortals Crossing the Sea. No other Yongzheng-marked cup of this design and size appears to be published. However, Yongzheng-marked bowls painted with the same theme though in a slightly different rendition are known, such as the example illustrated in Qingdai ciqi shangjian, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 99, no. 119, where each immortal is depicted standing on top of a cluster of clouds.

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