• Dimension: Height: 13 in (33 cm) Width: 8 3/4 in (22.3 cm)
• Estimate From: $20000
• Estimate To: $30000

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 Dynasty Qianlong period.

此梅瓶為唇口，短頸，豐肩，弧壁，圈足，底施白釉，中心青花書“大清乾隆年制”六字篆書款，結體工整秀麗，青花色清新妍麗。瓶身通體施祭藍釉，釉質肥腴，色澤深沉凝重，光亮細膩，釉面橘皮棕眼密佈，猶如藍寶石般璀璨深耀，口沿一線燈草口，為整器平添幾分寧謐之趣，具有鮮明的時代特徵。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。明清時期，祭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。本件為乾隆御窯仿宣德霽青之器，亦為宮廷陳設的青睞，《十二宮妃圖》、雍正乾隆鑒古行樂圖中，霽青陳設器物時有描繪其中，裝點皇家廳堂。可參考香港佳士得2010年12月 拍品號2971 成交價HKD 3,620,000
Compare a very similar sacrificial blue glazed meiping vase, sold in Christie’s Hong Kong in December 2010, Lot 2971, for HKD 3,620,000