A CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'SANXING' BOWL

SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

Decorated to the exterior with the Eight Immortals holding their attributes, they stand on pedestals formed from swirling clouds which float over wisps of mist, the design contained between simple double bands, with a medallion enclosing the Fu Lu Shou standing under a pine tree to the well, 15cm.

Provenance: from a British private collection, purchased from Adrian Joseph of Allen Management in 1984.

Cf. The Oriental Ceramic Society, Loan Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain: 14th to 19th Centuries, 16th December 1953-23rd January 1954, no.309 for another bowl with this design from the Riesco Collection which was sold at Sotheby's London on 23rd June 1970, lot 106; see also Christie's Hong Kong, 30th November 2016, lot 3328 for two similar bowls.