• Dimension: Height: 13 5/8 in (34.6 cm)
• Estimate From: $2500
• Estimate To: $3500

Rising to a rounded shoulder, the body painted in underglaze red and blue and white to depict flying phoenix and leafy peony around the exterior, the shoulder flanked by a pair of raised tiger head handles, the base left unglazed but painted with a 'fu' character, meaning auspicious.

梅瓶一詞，乃后冠之名，此形自唐已有，趙宋初興，元後延盛。其圓肩小口，上寬下斂，形姿優雅雋永，風靡千年不衰。梅瓶初為酒罈以用，至元明之時，梅瓶或仍為盛酒之皿，但又因梅瓶細口圓肩，尤為雅緻，漸為插花陳設之用。此器小唇口，短頸，豐肩，斂腹，形制規整，器型秀巧，雙獅耳。器身青花釉裡紅繪鳳鳥紋，鳳鳥展翅飛翔，鳳尾舞動，畫面動感十足。