The violet blue body is moulded in high relief with the Eight Immortals in turquoise, cream, green and blue, divided by pendant jewels and symbols, turquoise waves below, the shoulder with ruyi shaped lappets.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 42

Exhibited: Venice, VIIth Centenary of Marco Polo, Summer 1954, no. 704, plate 91 in the exhibition catalogue; Darlington Hall, 1949

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 4 December 1954 (£225); formerly in the collection of R.C. Bruce, sold Sotheby’s, London, 12 May 1953, lot 106

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2