Blue and White Bowl with Lotus holding Eight Consecrated Longevity Treasures, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Mark and Period

China, Qianlong period, Qing dynasty
Dimensions: 3.7” (9.5cm) H

A Fine Imperial Qianlong Blue and White Porcelain Bowl, Qianlong Seal-Mark and of the Period. Decorated in a Rich Deep Blue with Buddhist Emblems, These Include Bajixiang Precious Buddhist Objects Tied with Ribbons as Well as Stylised Lotus Flowers. The Bowl Shows Four Shaped Roundels Containing Characters of Greeting Wan Shou Wu Jiang ‘Boundless Longevity’. The Well of the Bowl Decorated with the Eight Precious Objects (Bajixiang) Tied with Ribbon, these are Arranged Around a Shou Roundel. Qianlong Mark and Period.

款識：“大清乾隆年制”六字三行篆書款
說明：蓮托八寶紋為明清官窯瓷器經典紋飾。八寶又稱八瑞相、八吉祥，即藏傳佛教中八種表示吉慶祥瑞之物，為佛前法器。拍品通體青花裝飾，碗心繪八吉祥紋、團壽紋。

外壁的口沿繪卷草紋一周，腹部飾西番蓮托八吉祥開光萬壽無疆紋，脛部有變體蓮瓣紋。青花妍麗明快，胎釉潔潤細膩，繪畫工致規整。在北京故宮博物院所藏尚未曾開啟的此類碗上貼著黃紙簽，上面原名全稱為“內八吉祥捧壽外蓮托八吉祥開光萬壽無疆紋碗”。由“萬壽無疆”可知，拍品當為宮廷御用之物，極為難得。

Compare with A Finely Painted Blue and White ‘Wan Shou Wu Jiang’ Deep Bowl, Qianlong Mark and of the Period, Asian Art Auction, June 2017, Waddington’s

清乾隆 青花蓮托八寶開光萬壽無疆紋碗