Qing dynasty Mei Ren Zui Glaze Vase With Seat

Here is a Mei Ren Zui glaze shape of willow leaves vase with seat. At the bottom there are words «made in Kang XI of Qing Dynasty».
«Mei Ren Zui»-Drunken Beauty (also known as «red peach») is one of Jingdezhen traditional precious glazes. As early as Xuande Period of Ming Dynasty it had been existed. The tone of Drunken Beauty, which is different with Jun-kiln red, sacrificial red, lang-kiln red and other copper red glaze, is not deep red but light red, and probably like the tone of peach blossom and begonia cathayana, therefore it is also regard as «peach-bloom». Because of the influence of firing atmosphere, the tone of Drunken Beauty is daedal and changing. Some with spots are dense in the hazy pink. Some deep red is demitint to light red tone around. Some light part beyond the deep red part lightly become yellowing or greenish. Some is flushing red during the deep or light green which appears a surprising interest of «moss spots in whole body embedded in the spring peach bloom wave» (a famous verse in Chinese which describe the beauty of «peach-bloom»). How daedal and interesting they are! Infinitely subtle!

Please visit my website to see more pictures www.xllhx.com