Republic of Chinea Period Chinese Porcelain Eight Immortals Haitangzun

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Chinese porcelain Eight Immortals haitangzun, white glazed lip, interior, body and inset base. The pink glazed neck is decorated with … Read more Chinese porcelain Eight Immortals haitangzun, 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 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 R.O.C. no later than mid century. See less