Glazed porcelain vase, ‘Deer’ design, Qing dynasty

Hand-modelled porcelain, with an ovoid body, rounded shoulders and a short neck with a slightly flared rim. The piece is decorated in a combination of cobalt blue and copper red underglaze. The main decoration depicts multiple deer in a mountainous landscape with pine trees and rock formations. The neck and foot are adorned with decorative bands of ruyi, geometric borders and lotus flowers in red and blue. On the base, it bears the six-character seal ‘大清乾隆年制’. Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).

Height: 44.5 cm; Mouth diameter: 16.5 cm; Base diameter: 17 cm

References:

Christie’s. Pair of blue and white vases decorated in copper red. Lot 1313. Sept. 2013

Christie's. High-shouldered vase with underglaze decoration in blue and copper red. Lot 454. March 2015

Christie's. An exceptional and very rare blue and copper-red Meiping vase bearing the six-character Qianlong mark and dating from the period (1736–1795). Lot 2941. Nov. 2011