Porcelain meiping vase, glazed in blue, China, Kangxi period (1662-1722) The body is continuously decorated with three birds, two perched on plum blossom branches emerging from rocks and one in flight above peony blossom branches, and bamboo in rocks. The neck is surrounded by a frieze of stylized clouds and small spirals. A double circle in blue underglaze at the base. Height : 22 cm Very slight enamel crack under the base. Provenance: - S. Marchant & Son, Wanli to Kangxi, Exhibition 1980, #69. - H. M. Knight Collection. Exhibition: Rijksmuseum, Oosterse Schatten, 1954, n°285. 清 康熙- 青花喜上眉梢纹梅瓶 Paris private collection - lots 78 to 127, 219 and 220