Lot 3110. A blue and white 'Eight Immortals' jar, Mark and period of Jiajing (1522-1566); 11.5 cm., 4 1/2  in. Estimate 250,000 - 350,000 HKD. Lot Sold 500,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.

of globular form supported on a splayed foot, finely painted around the exterior in shaded tones of cobalt with the Eight Immortals, each standing among clouds over undulous waves holding their respective attribute, against thick billows of clouds surging from a band of detached foliate sprays around the foot, the incurved rim encircled with a double line, the countersunk base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character mark unusually written in a circle

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29th April 1997, lot 551.