18TH CENTURY

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A COPPER-RED-DECORATED 'PHOENIX' VASE, MEIPING
18TH CENTURY
The elegantly potted vase is decorated with three phoenixes in flight amongst blossoming branches of hibiscus, between further hibiscus scrolls at the shoulder and pendent leaves above the foot.
13 in. (33 cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's Hong Kong, 13 January 1987, lot 518.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3132.

Special notice

Please note that this lot is subject to an import tariff. The amount of the import tariff due is a percentage of the final hammer price plus buyer's premium. The buyer should contact Post Sale Services prior to the sale to determine the estimated amount of the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address the buyer will not be required to pay the import tariff, but the shipment may be delayed while awaiting approval to export from the local government. If the buyer instructs Christie's to arrange shipping of the lot to a domestic address, if the buyer collects the property in person, or if the buyer arranges their own shipping (whether domestically or internationally), the buyer will be required to pay the import tariff. For the purpose of calculating sales tax, if applicable, the import tariff will be added to the final hammer price plus buyer's premium and sales tax will be collected as per The Buyer's Premium and Taxes section of the Conditions of Sale.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

This finely drawn pencil-line technique in underglaze copper-red was an innovative style of decoration that was first developed in the Kangxi period, exemplified by a jardinière and a brush washer from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Commercial Press, 2000, pp. 183-184, nos. 167 and 168.
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‌A similar 18th-century copper-red-decorated meiping was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3925.

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