AN UNDERGLAZE-RED 'PHOENIX' MEIPING, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY | 清十八世紀 釉裏紅穿花夔鳳紋梅瓶

AN UNDERGLAZE-RED 'PHOENIX' MEIPING

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

清十八世紀 釉裏紅穿花夔鳳紋梅瓶

elegantly potted with curved sides gently rising to generous rounded shoulders surmounted by a short waisted neck and lipped rim, boldly painted around the body in vibrant red tones with three phoenixes in different postures flying amongst flowering branches of hibiscus, all below a band of pendant ruyi-heads around the shoulder and pendant plantain leaves around the foot, the shoulder similarly decorated with a continuous flowering hibiscus scroll

Height 32.8 cm, 12⅞ in.