Description: White glazed porcelain with multi-colored enamels and gold lining
China, late Qing Dynasty or Republic period
This finely hand painted porcelain bowl shows a Jiaqing reign seal-mark, painted in iron red over the glaze, on the underside.
The exterior features the vivid scenery of a famous yet rarely depicted Chinese legend. We see the Taoist sage, Zhang Daoling, seated in a palanquin and accompanied by a group of soldiers. A general on horseback is pointing in the direction of a farmer that has bound a tamed, white tiger to a fence. Zhang Daoling is famed for missing the first potion of immortality after uniting the blue dragon with the white tiger. This took place at the ‘Dragon and Tiger Mountain” which we can see at the picturesque landscape, painted on the bowl.
Shape: Bowl shape with accentuated foot rim and flared neck
Dimensions: 17,2 cm (diameter), 7,5 cm (height)
Condition: Very good condition with some abrasions to the gold lining
Provenance: Hungarian Private Collection
清代晚期或民國“張道陵尋白虎”瓷碗
品相極好,金彩有一些磨損
匈牙利私人收藏家