A FAMILLE VERTE 'IMMORTALS' DISH  KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) ...

Hammer

£7,000

A FAMILLE VERTE 'IMMORTALS' DISH 
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
康熙五彩神仙人物圖紋盤
the dish has rounded sides and an everted rim. It is elegantly painted in three shades of green, red, yellow, aubergine, blue and black enamels. To the left an immortal, carrying a flywhisk and dressed in a harlequin gown, descends on a swirl of clouds. To the right a group of male and female courtiers look on in astonishment from a pavilion setting. The base is glazed and bears one of the "Eight Buddhist Symbols" within a double circle in under glaze blue.
36cm diam. 

NOTE: The flywhisk became associated with certain Daoist immortals which was used to “ sweep away” ignorance. Lu Dongbin and He Xianghu, both members of the Eight Immortals, were frequently depicted as carrying a flywhisk. 

PROVENANCE: Acquired from Guest & Gray, London, 2 July 2010.

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Small consolidated S-shaped hairline of approximately 10cm at the 11 0’clock position. Number of repaired frits.