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18TH CENTURY
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A RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE MEIPING
18th century
Made in imitation of early Ming prototypes, the robust body painted in soft tones of copper red with two dragons pursuing a large flaming pearl, one dragon descending from the shoulder, the other rising from the froth-capped waves at the base, all amidst clouds finely penciled in underglaze blue
16¼in. (41.2cm.) high
18th century
Made in imitation of early Ming prototypes, the robust body painted in soft tones of copper red with two dragons pursuing a large flaming pearl, one dragon descending from the shoulder, the other rising from the froth-capped waves at the base, all amidst clouds finely penciled in underglaze blue
16¼in. (41.2cm.) high