Lot Essay
The scene depicts the legend of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, and this same detailed pattern is found on other bowls of the period, cf. a pair of bowls sold in Christie's Hong Kong, 28 October 2002, lot 703; and a single bowl from the Riesco collection included in the O.C.S., Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, London, 1954, no. 309.