A CHINESE IMPERIAL UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED 'BAXIAN' BOWL

SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

Finely painted with the Eight Immortals in underglaze blue, they hold their attributes as they cross over a tempestuous copper-red sea, with a medallion enclosing Shoulao and his deer to the well, all raised on a short straight foot decorated with key fret, with the reign mark to the base in underglaze blue, 22.3cm.

Provenance: Foxcote House, Warwickshire.

Cf. Christie's New York, 15th September 2017, lot 1263 for another Qianlong mark and period bowl with this design; see also Sotheby's New York, 23rd September 2020, lot 537 for another example.