A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BAXIAN INCENSE BURNER

KANGXI 1662-1722

The cylindrical body painted with a continuous scene of the Eight Immortals celebrating Shoulao's birthday, all with their various attributes, Shoulao sits on a rock with an attendant and a deer, all between chevron borders and raised on three rectangular feet, a reticulated wood stand, 19.8cm. (2)

Provenance: a Scottish private collection.

Cf. M Butler and Wang Qingzheng, Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collections, p.64 and 65 for another blue and white 'Eight Immortals' incense burner.