A  fahua meiping vase of rare form with knobbed 17th C style inverted mouth opening with applied, raised outlines in mallow yellow simulating cloisonné wire work in the Ming style. The design of ducks in a lotus pond below blooming lotus flowers filled in with rich overglaze enamels of sapphire blue, brilliant green, deepest black, and varied hues of pale aubergine reserved against an opaque aubergine ground. The base and interior of the mouth glazed a brilliant green and on the base beneath the translucent glaze within concentric circles in horizontal format, a technique unique to the Kangxi period, is the incised six character kaishu honorific mark of the 明萬曆帝 Wanli Emperor.
清代 Qing Dynasty, 光緒 Guangxu Period (1875-1908)
Height:  9" (22.9cm)
Please refer to item #PO-203 when inquiring.