A LARGE CHINESE COPPER-RED 'DEER' VASE, MEIPING

18TH CENTURY

Painted with a continuous scene of a stag and a doe standing amongst rocks, they gaze back at a third deer crouching beneath a pine tree, with birds in flight and perching in branches above, with bands of stylised dragons amidst scrolling branches of lingzhi encircling the shoulder and foot, the short waisted neck painted with simple blossoms, 45.5cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.