Details
The group comprises an underglaze-blue and copper-red 'Eight Daoist Immortals' dish, with a Yongzheng mark on the base; a famille verte scallop-rimmed dish, with a double circle in underglaze blue on the base, Kangxi period (1662-1722); and a small blue and white and copper-red-decorated pierced dish, 18th century. Together with a pair of blue and white figures of Buddhist lions, 19th-20th century.
The largest: 8916 in. (21.7 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The 'Daoist Immortals' dish and the famille verte dish:
Henry C. Schwab (1867-1941) Collection, Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1941.

The pierced dish:
James W. Alsdorf (1913-1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925-2019) Collection, Winnetka and Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1973.

The Buddhist lions:
Mary (1904-1981) and Leigh Block (1905-1987) Collection, Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned prior to 1988.
Literature
The pierced dish:
"Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1973," Archives of Asian Art, vol. 28, Durham, 1974-75, p. 130.
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