Meiping vase Kangxi, China, Qing dynasty(1644-1911), Kangxi period(1661-1722), porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze painting, elegant compressed S-shape with high shoulder and narrow mouth in the form of a vase for plum blossom branches(chin. meiping), clear and at the same time meticulously drawn background decoration of treasure flowers in a vine network as well as a pheasant in a peony garden sitting on a rock as motif of the four-passage picture cartouches, the upper and lower border represent decorative bands of peach and plum blossom branches, in the back, restored at the neck, 18x9cm