PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND PUCE-ENAMELLED 'IMMORTALS' BOWLDaoguang six-character mark and of the period Well-potted with rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot, painted on the exterior in underglaze-blue with the Eight Daoist Immortals crossing the sea, each with their unique attributes and vehicles, the cresting waves painted in puce enamel above a band of keyfret at the foot, all within underglaze-blue line borders, the interior similarly decorated with a center medallion of Shoulao and a deer, Daoguang six-character mark in underglaze-blue within double circle at base. 8in (22.3cm) diam; 2in (7 cm) high 清道光 青花堆紅料《八仙渡海》碗 《大清道光年製》雙圈款 Provenance: Purchased in the late 1980's 出處： 購於 1980 年代末期 Earlier productions of this design were done in underglaze-blue and underglaze-copper-red. See, for example, the three ingot-shaped bowls in this catalogue, lot 168. In later productions of Daoguang through Xuantong periods, the underglaze-copper-red element was replaced by overglaze dark-purple enamel, resulting a more striking and uniform appearance. pare the very similar Guangxu-marked bowl illustrated in the catalogue of the exhibition Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection , Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, p. 114, no. 112. Another Guangxu-marked bowl of the same decoration is illustrated by Avitable, From the Dragon's Treasure , London, 1987, p. 59, col. pl. 72. See, also, a very similar bowl of the same decoration sold at London, 5 November 2020, lot 58; and another similar example sold at Christie's New York, 14 September 2011, lot 1628.