Message #42233

[RW]

Thank you YT,
 I visited the Met a few weeks back and saw the Anhua vases first hand on exhibit, (and no I didn't see the decorations then, either     but the shape, neck and height elements are what I wanted to point to as  vases

As to the question of meiping or not, possibly baluster form then. mine is similar in form to the middle example from a group of 5 Anhua bottles sold at Bonhams, in the link below, and again much smaller than that one by the description which indicates the tallest to be 8.3cm. The description to the lot also stated that they were of either meiping or baluster form, maybe baluster would be the correct description, whether compressed or not.

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20211/lot/9/

There are many interesting themes covered by the Anhua's, and all worth seeing ( with some effort . To this point, none of those found in my research had conveyed any  message as w/mine using color

Best,

Kevin