Lot 369. A powder-blue-ground 'Immortals' vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 16 7/8  in., 42.8 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000. Lot sold 35,000 USD. © Sotheby's

of slender baluster form, the body decorated all around with the Eight Daoist Immortals carrying their respective attributes through an ethereal azure expanse, Shoulao flying into the scene on the back of a crane, each of the figures modeled in white slip incised and enameled for naturalistic effect, three leafing lingzhifloating around the waisted neck, the base with a beribboned artemisia leaf in underglaze blue within a double circle, coll. no. 204.

The Jie Rui Tang Collection.

Provenance: Marchant, London, 2000.