A blue and white 'immortals' bowl, Seal mark and period of Daoguang

British Private Collection, by family understanding, given to the grandparents of the present owner in India as a wedding present in 1931, and thence by descent.

Compare a bowl from the Weishaupt Collection, published in Gunhild Avitabile, From the Dragon’s Treasure, Chinese Porcelain from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries in the Weishaupt Collection, London, 1987, cat. no. 88. A closely similar pair of bowls was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3rd April 2019, lot 3639; and in our New York rooms, 19th/20th March 2013, lot 173. Other examples include one pair sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29th May 2019, lot 433; and a further pair sold at Bonhams New York, 21st July 2020, lot 153.