A Fine And Exceedingly Rare Underglaze BLUE AND COPPER-RED MEIPING

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A FINE AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED MEIPING QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The vase is finely painted with three fruiting branches above lingzhi sprigs, the branches and leaves in underglaze blue and further detailed with the persimmons, peaches and pomegranates picked out in underglaze copper-red of raspberry-red tone, below three similarly decorated flowering branches below the shoulder, each of the fruiting and flowering branches rising from a sprig of lingzhi picked out in underglaze copper-red, tapering to the lower body with a band of overlapping plantain, the short waisted neck with four evenly spaced florets above the gently sloping shoulder with a collar of elaborate radiating lappets formed from interlinked stems 13 in. (33 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box