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AN UNUSUAL COPPER-RED-
DECORATED MEIPING

18TH CENTURY
The lower section is of trumpet-form and
is decorated with foliate lappets above the
foot and pendant jewelry, all in underglaze
copper-red which has burnt to a dark reddish
mushroom color. The upper section is shaped
like a waterpot and decorated with the Eight
Daoist Emblems tied with tassels amid cloud
scrolls. The narrow neck has foral sprays
above a band of key fret at the shoulder.
13º in. (33.5 cm.) high
$50,000-70,000

PROVENANCE

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26 November 1980,
lot 319.
清十八世紀 釉裏紅暗八仙紋瓶

319