'Fahua jar with openwork design showing the Eight Daoist Immortals', c1550. Artist: Unknown.

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'Fahua jar with openwork design showing the Eight Daoist Immortals', c1550.' A porcelain jar dating from The Ming Period (1368-1644) of Jiangxi China, from The Eumorfopoulos collection, collected by George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939). The design depicts Shou Lao the ancient Chinese Taoist god of long life and luck seated upon a rocky platform with his attendants and the eight immortals. From The Connoisseur Volume 101. [The Connoisseur Ltd., London, 1938]

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Size: 4713px × 4831px
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Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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