Lot 3061. A fine copper-red meiping, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 23.3 cm., 9 1/8  in. Estimate 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,060,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.

of slender form with a waisted lower body rising up to high shoulders and a short waisted neck, covered overall with a rich sacrificial-red glaze finely suffused with carmine specks and pooling in a darker layer toward the base, the glaze neatly controlled under the mouthrim and above the white recessed base, the rounded narrow footring left unglazed and fired to pale orange along the edge.