A BLANC-DE-CHINE SET OF THE EIGHT DAOIST IMMORTALS Late Qing Dynasty/Republic Period (8)A BLANC-DE-CHINE SET OF THE EIGHT DAOIST IMMORTALSLate Qing Dynasty/Republic PeriodComprising He Xiangu, Cao Guojiu, Li Tieguai, Lan Cai, Lu Dongbin, Han Xiangzi, Zhang Guolao and Zhongli Quan, finely modelled in long flowing robes, holding their various attributes and standing on a ruyi-shaped clouds. The tallest, 37cm (14 1/2in) high. (8).晚清/民國 德化白釉八仙人物像（一組八件）Provenance: Sir Michael Oppenheimer (3rd Baronet, 1924-2020) and Lady Helen Oppenheimer DD (1926-2022), and thence by descent來源：Sir Michael Oppenheimer 爵士（三代從男爵，1924-2020年）與Helen Oppenheimer DD 女爵（1926-2022年）舊藏，並由後人保存迄今The collection belonged to Sir Michael and Lady Oppenheimer DD (3rd Baronet, 1924-2020). Sir Michael's maternal grandparents were Sir Robert Grenville Harvey, 2nd Baronet (1856-1931) and Lady Emily Blanche Harvey (1872-1935) of Langley Park, Buckinghamshire. The Chinese art collection can be, at least in part, traced back to Langley Park, Buckinghamshire, home to the Harvey Baronets from 1788 until 1945.Sir Michael Oppenheimer's paternal family was the well-known South African mining family. The baronetcy was created in 1921 for Bernard Oppenheimer, Chairman of the South African Diamond Corporation for setting up diamond-sorting factories to employ wounded ex-servicemen after the First World War. The family has been involved with De Beers over many decades. Lady Oppenheimer DD (1926-2022) was a distinguished moral and philosophical theologian, with a particular interest in the ethics pertaining to personal relationships.is_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item.jpgsold_price_type: £