A rare famille rose bowl cover


Xianfeng seal mark and of the periodPainted with the Eight Immortals, each against a lotus petal reserve, below taotie masks suspending jewelled pendants and alternating Buddhist emblems and shou characters below the rim, the interior with a lotus flowerhead and double vajra. 9.5cm (3.3/4in) diam.
|Compare with a similar bowl featuring the same pattern sold in our New Bond Street rooms, 10 November 2011, lot 262.