Finely decorated in pencil lines and cobalt blue washes with the Eight Daoist Immortals against jagged rocks, with the Star God Shoulao seated on an outcrop with an incense burner emitting smoke in the shape of a 'Shou' character. One of the immortals holds another vessel that has smoke rising from it. With a brown washed rim and four character seal mark to base that reads 'yu tang jia qi' that translates to 'fine vessel of the jade hall'. Diameter 35.5 cm.
Crack.
Property of a private collector.
Compare with a dish of this type in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, accession number CIRC.293-1931. Credit line Bequeathed by Mr Gulland.
Compare with a dish in this style sold at Bonhams, Asian Art
5-6 November 2018, lot no 26.
Compare also with a dish sold at Christies, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
29 nov, 2022, live auction, lot no 20849.
Compare also a dish sold in these rooms at Bukowskis, lot no 1311, auction657.
Compare one at Sothebys, London, June 16th 1998, lot no 242.
Baxian, Eight Daoist Immortals, was a popular decorative theme on porcelain of the Shunzhi period.