Lot 3655. A fine doucai 'Immortal' bowl, mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 9.2 cm, 3 5/8  in. Estimate: 250,000 — 350,000 HKD (31,848 — 44,587 USD). Lot Sold 1,000,000 HKD (127,560 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's.

delicately potted with rounded sides resting on a short foot, the exterior brightly enamelled within underglaze-blue outlines, depicting an immortal carrying an axe and a floral basket on his shoulder, looking backwards towards another immortal holding a sprig of lingzhi, all amongst a garden with a pine tree and lingzhi sprays, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle, wood stand.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 13th July 2005, lot 257.