the rounded sides rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, the interior painted in vibrant cobalt tones with three immortals accompanied by an attendant bearing peaches, all on a rocky ledge framed by pines and clouds, a crane carrying lengths of bamboo in its beak to a pavilion floating on the waves below, the exterior with a small boat and mountain peaks appearing through the mist, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, coll. no. 103.

The Jie Rui Tang Collection.

Provenance: Marchant, London, 1987.
Collection of Bertil J. Högström (acquired in 1989).
Marchant, London, 1999.

Exhibited: Transitional Wares for the Japanese and Domestic Markets, Marchant, London, 1989, cat. no. 49.

Literature: Jeffrey P. Stamen and Cynthia Volk with Yibin Ni, A Culture Revealed: Kangxi-era Chinese Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, Bruges, 2017, pl. 25.

Sotheby's. KANGXI: The Jie Rui Tang Collection, New York, 20 March 2018, 11:00 AM