Lot 3232. A blue and white 'Immortal' dish. Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722): 15.8 cm., 6 1/4 in. Estimate 200,000-300,000 HKD (19,572 — 29,357 EUR). Lot sold 325,000 HKD (24,464 EUR). Photo Sotheby's

the shallow rounded sides gently rising from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, brightly decorated on the interior in shaded tones of cobalt with Shoulao and his deer standing with three attendants on a rocky promontory, surrounded by tall craggy bluffs planted with pines, one of his two disciples providing incense sticks to a crane flying over a rough lake to further place them inside a pavilion, the exterior with a lake scene, the base inscribed with the six-character mark within double-circles. 

PROVENANCE: S. Marchant & Son, London.

EXHIBITED: Exhibition of Transitional Wares for the Japanese and Domestic Markets, S. Marchant & Son, London, 1989, cat. no. 48.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Hong Kong | 04 avr. 2012