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Description: | Dehua blanc de Chine porcelain beaker, with the Eight Daoist Immortals, Eight Trigrams and prunus. The beaker has a flaring mouth and stands on a slightly flaring base with a shallow footring. There is a raised band around the waist of the beaker moulded with the Eight Trigrams. The lower section is decorated with a moulded prunus branch. The upper section is decorated with applied figures of the Eight Immortals, some of whom stand on sea creatures: Zhongli Quan, Lü Dongbin, Li Tieguai, Zhang Guolao, Lan Caihe, Cao Guojiu, He Xiangu and Han Xiangzi. The beaker is covered in a milk-white glaze, except the footring, which is left unglazed. There are several pinholes in the glaze. | Subjects: | receptacle/vessel beaker beaker | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=339... | Go to resource |
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