M5763
Description
Chinese porcelain blue and white baluster vase, guanyin zun, painted with Daoist immortals; Liu Hai and Zhongli Qian on rockwork, Li Tieguai with He, the Immortal of Harmony, the reverse with four characters bai fu cheng xiang, ‘hundreds of blessings, longevity and happiness’, alongside thirty fu characters.
Kangxi, 1662-1722
16 7/8 inches, 43cm high.
Condition
Available on request.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Sold by Christie’s South Kensington in their auction of Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 8th May 1997, lot. 262.
- From the collection of Lip Keong Tai.
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