• Dimension: H: 13 in (33 cm) W: 8 3/4 in (22.3 cm)
• Estimate From: $12000
• Estimate To: $15000

Covered in brilliant cobalt-blue and stopping neatly above rim, the meiping vase has a high and wide rounded shoulder, elegantly tapering to slightly splayed feet, the interior and bottom glazed in white, and bottom bears six character "DAQING QIANLONG NIANZHI" mark. Qing Qianlong Dynasty period.

"此瓶唇口，短頸，豐肩，弧壁，圈足，底施白釉。瓶身通體施霽藍釉，釉質肥腴，色澤深沉凝重，瑩潤亮澤，釉面橘皮棕眼密布，口沿一線燈草口，為整器平添幾分寧謐之趣，具有鮮明的時代特征。器形端莊典雅，線條柔美，收放自如，正合乾隆瓷器靈秀風韻，觀之確有增一分則拙、減一分則陋之感。底落“大清乾隆年制"六字三行篆書款。霽藍釉燒制工藝繼承元代傳統，至清朝生產歷代未斷，且燒制精細，常見造型乃宮廷祭器和陳設用瓷。其特點釉面不流不裂，色澤濃淡均勻，呈色穩定。明清時期，霽藍釉因其肅穆寧靜的顏色與北京天壇祈年殿上琉璃瓦之色相合，極適用於這種天人相接的祭祀場合，故專用於祭天，燒造數量極為有限。此瓶造型端莊古樸，釉色均勻純淨，藍如深海，雖無紋飾，但高貴之氣難掩，是清代梅瓶之精品。"