明萬曆 青花八仙慶壽紋盌 《大明萬曆年製》款

well potted with steep rounded sides on a straight foot, the exterior rendered in vivid shades of cobalt blue, finely painted with animated immortals below boughs of willow and Shoulou depicted seated on a rocky outcrop carrying a ruyi sceptre under pine branches, all between a meandering lingzhi stem circling the mouth and classic scrolls on the foot, the interior with a medallion of a en face five-clawed dragon enclosed in a double border with sprays of the 'Three Friends of Winter' evenly spaced around the rim, inscribed to the base with a six-character mark within a double-circle 

The bowl is in overall good condition with only slight firing irregularities to the inner footring.
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