YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1726-1735)

The scene depicted on the current cups is the legend of the Eight Daoist Immortals Crossing the Sea. No other Yongzheng-marked cup of this design and size appears to be published. However, Yongzheng-marked bowls painted with the same theme though in a slightly different rendition are known, such as the example illustrated in Qingdai ciqi shangjian, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 99, no. 119, where each immortal is depicted standing on top of a cluster of clouds.