Blue & White Meiping Vase, 清代 Qing Dynasty, 康熙 Kangxi Period (1662-1722). © 2000-2013 teadust.com

A blue and white meiping vase with trailing Indian lotus and tendril decor. Above the base of the vase is a plantain leaf border and on the shoulder a dentil pattern encircles four petaled ruyi flowers beneath a key fret design on the short wasted neck rising to a lipped rim. The unglazed base with a counter sunk disc (bi foot) bearing the six character kaishu mark and period of Kangxi in underglaze blue beneath a clear glaze. Height:  11 3/4 " (29.8 cm). Price on request

Provenance:  Sophie Soong Collection, San Francisco, CA.; The Jade Collector, Beverly Hills, CA; Vermeer & Griggs Collection No. 560

Condition:  Excellent, no chips, cracks or restoration.

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Kangxi original on the right and a 19th C copy on the left. © 2000-2013 teadust.com