JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

The present jar provided the artist with an extensive 'canvas' that was taken full advantage of. This elaborate and brightly coloured landscape featuring The Eight Immortals was a popular subject for auspicious blessings and birthday wishes. Compare a Jianqing-marked wall vase decorated with a landscape scene in similar composition and style, in the collection of The National Palace Museum, Taipei (zhongci 000618N000000000). A related Jiaqing mark-and-period ruby-ground vase with a continuous scene of Immortals, is illustrated in Ethereal Elegance; Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing - The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2007, pp. 378-81, no. 137, later sold at Exalted Legacy: The Huaihaitang Collection of Qing Imperial Porcelain Vases, China Guardian Hong Kong, 7 April 2023, lot 900.