Romance Among Blooming Roses The Meiyintang And Western Collection Of Kangxi And Yongzheng Imperial Ceramics

5028 | Kangxi Period,Qing Dynasty A RARE COPPER-RED‘BEAST’BOTTLE VASE

A RARE COPPER-RED‘BEAST’BOTTLE VASE

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Size: H40.3cm

Signed and dated: Kangxi Period,Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 650,000

LITERATURE
Regina Krahl,Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection,London,1994-2010,vol.2,no.734.

The bulbous body rising from a slightly splayed foot to a tall slender cylindrical neck,the exterior decorated with underglaze-red tones to meticulously depict three mythical beasts in squatting position,all seated in different attitudes. They each have one paw raised,a bushy tail,an open mouth and bulging eyes with tiny pupils of cobalt blue.