A CHINESE COPPER RED EWER, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

The pear-shaped body with a curved spout, joined to the neck with a cloud-shaped strut, opposite an arched loop handle terminating in three moulded bosses simulating pegs holding the handle in place, painted in copper red with characteristic 'heaping and piling', with a large composite floral meander, the open blooms including peony, musk mallow, lotus, camellia and chrysanthemum enclosed by scrolling stems with their characteristic leaves. further decorated with flower scrolls on the spout, a similar band on the handle, lotus-scroll below overlapping upright plantain leaves on the flaring neck.
Height without cover: 31 cm.