A fine doucai ogee-form 'eight Daoist emblems' dish, Qianlong seal mark and period | 清乾隆 鬥彩暗八仙紋折腰盤 《大清乾隆年製》款

A fine doucai ogee-form 'eight Daoist emblems' dish

Qianlong seal mark and period

清乾隆 鬥彩暗八仙紋折腰盤

《大清乾隆年製》款

brightly painted on the interior with a central floret encircled by a border of interlocking lime-green foliate scrolls alternately suspending stylized peaches and lotus flowers, the cavetto with the 'Eight Daoist Emblems' intertwined with fluttering ribbons, the underside with a composite flower scroll and a band of ruyi at the foot, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue

Diameter 7 ⅞ in., 20.1 cm