Chinese Porcelain Eight Immortals Haitangzun

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Chinese porcelain Eight Immortals haitangzun, a finely formed, begonia shape vase with a white glazed lip, interior, body and inset … Read more Chinese porcelain Eight Immortals haitangzun, a finely formed, begonia shape vase with a white glazed lip, interior, body and inset base. The pink glazed neck is decorated with scattered, large, polychrome floral medallions amid intertwining leafy vines, bracketed by a band of Ru Yi lappets at the lip, and a band of floral medallions, with bands of Ru Yi lappets above and below, at the flange of the neck, all in low relief. The body has a finely drawn group of the Eight Immortals with Fu Bats amid a mountain landscape and stylized Xiangyun (auspicious clouds) on the body, front and sides, and a signed Chinese poem in Caoshu script with two seal marks verso. A border of large Ru Yi lappets adorns the bottom of the vase at a flared foot with a band of red cross hatching. A red, six character Jingdezhen mark in Zhuanshu script is glazed to the inset base. Circa Republic of China era, no later than mid century. See less