A Chinese porcelain figure of the Daoist Immortal Zhongli Quan. Standing, wearing a long, light green under-robe, with his feet protruding below, and a long-sleeved red jacket, holding up in his left hand a leafy green fan (broken) with a blue stem; the right hand missing. The hair, dressed in two topknots (now damaged), and the thick beard falling to the chest are black; the eyes and eyebrows are also picked out and the lips parted, revealing his teeth. His shoes are patterned in blue and red. The flat, oval base is pierced with a hole.

Following the popularity of the blanc de Chine figures imported into Europe by the end of the seventeenth century, a great variety of porcelain figures were produced to attract this market, many of them based on Western models.

Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume I.