A FINE COPPER-RED MEIPING QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of slender form with a waisted lower body rising up to high shoulders and a short waisted neck, covered overall with a rich sacrificial-red glaze finely suffused with carmine specks and pooling in a darker layer toward the base, the glaze neatly controlled under the mouthrim and above the white recessed base, the rounded narrow footring left unglazed and fired to pale orange along the edge

The meiping is in overall very good condition. The actual colour is slightly darker and more attractive than the catalogue illustration.
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