64. * ASSIETTE EN PORCELAINE DOUCAI Marque et époque Qianlong (1736-1795) A RARE DOUCAI 'ANBAXIAN' OGEE DISH Qianlong seal mark and of the period With wide flaring sides rising from a straight foot, finely painted to the centre in bright enamels with a flower-head encircled by a border of interlocking lime-green foliate scrolls alternately suspending stylised peaches and lotus flowers, the cavetto finely painted with evenly spaced 'Eight Daoist Emblems' (anbaxian) each tied to flower sprays and fluttering ribbons between underglaze-blue double-line borders, the reverse richly enamelled with composite flower scolls issuing exotic buds and blossoms, a band of upright ruyi heads encircling the foot, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. 23cm (9in) diam. 清乾隆 鬥彩暗八仙紋折腰盤 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款 Provenance Formerly in a Swiss Private collection formed in the 1970s and 1980s. 來源： 瑞士私人舊藏，蒐集於1970年代和1980年代 The 'Eight Daoist Emblems' (anbaxian) were a popular motif in the decorative repertoire of the Qing dynasty conveying auspicious blessings. Pairs of dishes of this form and design are rare, compare, for instance, a pair sold in Christie's New York, 19 March 2009, lot 559, and another pair also sold in Christie's New York, 16 September 2010, lot 1436. See a bowl of this form and design in the Nanjing Museum, included in the exhibition Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Hong Kong, 1995, cat.no.106.