A VERY LARGE CARVED BLACK AND RED LACQUER FOLIATE DISH Qing dynasty (1644-1911) The interior finely carved with Shoulao, the god of Longevity, flanked by two attendants standing on the veranda of a pavilion as he looks out at the Eight Immortals ( Ba Xian ) gathered in a garden setting, three of the immortals, Li Tieguai, Han Xiangxi and Cao Guojiu, shown floating above the others amidst trailing red vapor which also surrounds a pagoda nestled amidst rocks and trees in the distance, all carved through the black and red layers to diaper grounds representing the air and land, the shallow, petal-lobed sides carved inside and out with a repeating design of birds perched on flowering branches, the conforming foot and base covered in brown lacquer 22 3/8in. (56.8cm.) diam., box
A VERY LARGE CARVED BLACK AND RED LACQUER FOLIATE DISH Qing dynasty (1644-1911) The interior finely carved with Shoulao, the god of Longevity, flanked by two attendants standing on the veranda of a pavilion as he looks out at the Eight Immortals ( Ba Xian ) gathered in a garden setting, three of the immortals, Li Tieguai, Han Xiangxi and Cao Guojiu, shown floating above the others amidst trailing red vapor which also surrounds a pagoda nestled amidst rocks and trees in the distance, all carved through the black and red layers to diaper grounds representing the air and land, the shallow, petal-lobed sides carved inside and out with a repeating design of birds perched on flowering branches, the conforming foot and base covered in brown lacquer 22 3/8in. (56.8cm.) diam., box
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