THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A LARGE RED LACQUER SQUARE VASE of archaic fang hu shape, each side carved with an Immortal and a young attendant, including Han Xuangzi with his flute, Li Tiegai with his crutch and a smoking gourd, Zhang Guodao with his musical bamboo and two rods, and Zhongli Quan with his fan, each standing on breaking waves with the Eight Precious Things, babao, amidst clouds carved over a diaper ground, the base with Buddhistic Emblems, bajixiang, including the double fish, the vase, the lotus and the canopy (small chips),

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A LARGE RED LACQUER SQUARE VASE of archaic fang hu shape, each side carved with an Immortal and a young attendant, including Han Xuangzi with his flute, Li Tiegai with his crutch and a smoking gourd, Zhang Guodao with his musical bamboo and two rods, and Zhongli Quan with his fan, each standing on breaking waves with the Eight Precious Things, babao, amidst clouds carved over a diaper ground, the base with Buddhistic Emblems, bajixiang, including the double fish, the vase, the lotus and the canopy (small chips),

18th Century
48.8cm. high
Provenance
S.D. Winkworth, no.9
Exhibited
Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1915, Catalogue, p.62, no.4

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