A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'BAXIANGUO HAI' JAR. Transitional, circa 1644. Of baluster form decorated around the exterior with the figures in a mountainous landscape, below a border of cracked ice on the shouders, and peonies and rocks on the rim, 29cm H. 約一六四四 青花五彩繪八仙過海圖紋罐 The Eight Immortals, each readily identifiable according to their attributes are popular Daoist characters within the Chinese pantheon. They have featured in numerous literary texts of which The Eight Immortals Depart and Travel to the East by Wu Yuantai are arguably the most important.