TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1640

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AN UNUSUAL WUCAI BALUSTER JAR AND COVER
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1640
Unusually decorated with the Eight Daoist Immortals descending on iron-red clouds as they magically use their attributes to quell the imaginatively formed demons rising from the band of waves below, all below a band of leaf tips on the waisted neck, the domed cover decorated with boys at play in a landscape below a large blue knop finial
19¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high

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The Eight Daoist Immortals represent five mythical and three historical individuals with magical powers which can be used to intercede on behalf of mortals. They are Zhongli Quan who carries a fan; Zhang Guolao who carries a bamboo tube-drum with two iron sticks to strike it; Lu Dongbin whose attributes are a fly whisk and a sword; Cao Guojin shown with castanets (clappers); Li Tieguai shown with an iron crutch and a gourd; Lan Caihe depicted as a woman or a boy with a flower basket; He Xiangu, a woman shown with a lotus or flower basket; and Han Xiangzi shown with a flute.

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