The scene depicts the legend of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, and this same detailed pattern is found on other bowl of the period sold in these Rooms, 7 July 2003, lot 656; a pair of similar bowls sold in the same Rooms, 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 Procelain, London, 1954, no. 309.