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Lot Essay
Compare the example from the Tsui Musuem of Art, part of the Exhibition of Art Treasures from Shanghai and Hong Kong, University Musuem and Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 9 November 1996-1997, Catalogue, pl. 52, p. 118, and in Gems of Chinese Art, Selections of Chinese Ceramics and Bronzes from the Tsui Art Foundation, Empress Place Museum, Singapore, Catalogue, 1992, pl. 103; Chinese University of Hong Kong, July-October 1995, and sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 5 November 1997, lot 869.
The Adventures of the Eight Daoist Immortals, Baxian are described in the story The Eastward Travels of the Genii and are also found in the play, 'The Eight Genii Cross the Sea'. They are Cao Guojiu, the patron of actors and the theatre; Han Xiangzi, the patron of musicians; He Xiangu, the patron goddess of the home; Lan Caihe, the patron of gardeners; Li Tieguai, the patron of apothecaries; Lu Dongbin, a philosopher who fights the demons of the world, and is also the patron of barbers; Zhang Guolao, an Imperial official and the patron of painters and calligraphers; and finally Zhongli Quan, the head of the Immortals, is said to possess the Elixir of Life. Bowls or dishes decorated with the Eight Immortals are often depicted with Shoulao, the Star God of Longevity, in the interior roundel
The Adventures of the Eight Daoist Immortals, Baxian are described in the story The Eastward Travels of the Genii and are also found in the play, 'The Eight Genii Cross the Sea'. They are Cao Guojiu, the patron of actors and the theatre; Han Xiangzi, the patron of musicians; He Xiangu, the patron goddess of the home; Lan Caihe, the patron of gardeners; Li Tieguai, the patron of apothecaries; Lu Dongbin, a philosopher who fights the demons of the world, and is also the patron of barbers; Zhang Guolao, an Imperial official and the patron of painters and calligraphers; and finally Zhongli Quan, the head of the Immortals, is said to possess the Elixir of Life. Bowls or dishes decorated with the Eight Immortals are often depicted with Shoulao, the Star God of Longevity, in the interior roundel