M5874

A Chinese porcelain blue and white slender beaker vase of archaic gu form, painted with the Eight Immortals, each standing and holding their attributes, in fenced garden scenes amongst rockwork and plants, each within a lozenge diaper and on a dense wan-character inspired ground, all between triangular bands and two ribs, with a gently splayed foot and flared rim. The base with an artemisia leaf mark. Kangxi, 1662-1722 17 5/8 inches, 44.8 cm high.