Lot 3095. A fine doucai 'Eight-Immortal Emblems' bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 13.4 cm, 5 1/4  in. Estimate 800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,840,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.

well potted with gently rounded everted sides rising from a small tapered foot, decorated on the exterior in soft tones of underglaze blue and brilliant enamels with the emblems of the Eight Immortals (baxian), tied with billowing ribbons alternately iron-red and green, between a border of interlinked elongated 'C' motifs in underglaze blue around the rim, and a border of yellow and red ruyiheads skirting the base, linked by simple foliate elements, the interior with a leafy cluster of two shaded iron-red and yellow peaches, within a double ring repeated at the rim, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six character reign mark within double circles.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 13th November 1990, lot 340