Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
Lot 34
A rare blue and white 'Eight Immortals' incense burner, tonglu Kangxi
10 November 2016, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street£12,000 - £18,000
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A rare blue and white 'Eight Immortals' incense burner, tonglu
Kangxi
Of cylindrical form with channelled rim, finely painted on the exterior with a continuous scene of the Eight Immortals each holding their various attributes together with Shoulao, the God of Longevity, seated beside a deer and attendant, all amidst a rocky landscape with pine and scrolling clouds, chevron borders at the rim and foot, wood stand. 19.8cm (7 7/8in) diam. (2).
Of cylindrical form with channelled rim, finely painted on the exterior with a continuous scene of the Eight Immortals each holding their various attributes together with Shoulao, the God of Longevity, seated beside a deer and attendant, all amidst a rocky landscape with pine and scrolling clouds, chevron borders at the rim and foot, wood stand. 19.8cm (7 7/8in) diam. (2).
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清康熙 青花八仙拱壽圖銅爐
Provenance: a Scottish private collection
來源： 蘇格蘭私人收藏
The theme of the Eight Immortals was popular on porcelain of the period and can be seen on an incense burner in the Butler Family Collection, illustrated in Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Family collections, Shanghai, 2005, pp.64-65; pp.298-299; pp.308-309.
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