The Qianlong Emperor commissioned the production of many meiping vases, in various sizes and with various kinds of glazes and decorations but examples with rounded shoulders such as the present vase appear to be rarer than their angular counterparts.

A meiping with related sprays of fruits and flowers in underglaze red is included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum. Chinese Ceramics II, Tokyo, 1990, pl. 570; and a smaller example from the collection of Sir Harry Garner, inscribed with a Qianlong seal mark and published in Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain. The Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912), London, 1951, pl. XXII, fig. 2, was sold in these rooms, 23rd May 1978, lot 107 (fig. 1).

For the more usual type of meiping with broad shoulders, see a Qianlong-marked example from the Qing court collection, sparsely painted with the Three Abundances design in underglaze red only, published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Shanghai, 2000, pl. 173.

乾隆一朝，帝命燒大量梅瓶，尺寸、釉色、紋飾多樣，然此釉裏紅花果紋梅瓶，瓶肩線條柔緩，有別於同朝常見之寬平圓肩，造形極為罕見，尤渙明初雅風。且以濃艷銅紅繪折枝花果，生動奔放，華實飽滿，寄意長壽，子孫綿延，見證匠人之精工巧筆。如此雅器，他例難尋

日本藏一無款梅瓶，器形修長，圓肩溜滑，與此極為相近，載於《東京國立博物館圖版目錄：中國古陶磁篇》，卷2，東京，1990年，圖版570。迦納爵士舊藏尚有一例，尺寸較形矯小，署乾隆年款，收入詹甯斯（Soame Jenyns），《Later Chinese Porcelain. The Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912)》，倫敦，1951年，圖版XXII，圖2，1978年5月23日在香港蘇富比成交，編號107（圖一）。

北京故宮博物院也有藏釉裏紅梅瓶，署乾隆六字篆款，但肩相形較寬，線條誇張，異於此瓶小口圓肩婉約，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集．青花釉裏紅（下）》，香港，2000年，圖版173，且僅繪壽桃、石榴、佛手三果，與此梅瓶上之紋飾迥異。