Vase with Immortals Offering the Peaches of Longevity


Vase with Immortals Offering the Peaches of Longevity, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722), China, Porcelain painted with overglaze enamels, H. 29 in. ( cm); W. 8 in. ( cm); Diam. of rim: 6 1/8 in. ( cm); Diam. of foot: 6 in. ( cm), Ceramics, A group of men and their attendants burn incense in an open pavilion. Their activities have attracted the attention of the supernatural: a peacock-like phoenix of enormous size has landed, while in the clouds, Xiwangmu (the queen mother of the west) and her entourage have arrived


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