Bowl with the eight immortals and Shoulao, Bowl of porcelain with flared wall, painted in underglaze blue and red. On the outside the Eight Immortals standing on marine animals, against a backdrop of foamy waves, on the bottom Shoulao with a deer with a mushroom in its mouth against a backdrop of foamy waves and clouds, a decorative edge with a meander motif around the foot ring. On the underside the six-character mark Chenghua in a double circle and an old label with 'Marked Ching-Hua period 1465-1488 1888 A. Trapnell' on it. Underglaze blue with copper red., anonymous, China, c. 1875 - c. 18

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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