Ming Polychrome Meiping Vase

[smak]

Hi All,

What do you guys think? It looks kinda right to me, but not sure!

When was this made?
Whats the collector value (Desirable to okay?)?

Many Thanks!

[peterp]

If it was me, I would stay away. Obviously, the lighting was not ideal when the pictures were taken, but even this way the glaze looks too glossy for a red-green item.
Red-green decorations were mostly made until the Ming dynasty only. The dragon is not Ming dynasty...the proportions of body, tail and feet seem wrong, and compare the thickness of the tail to the body. Also, the tail tip is rounded, which could be the case only in the the late Qing dynasty. Then there is some white color in the wave decoration. I don't think this would fit the period. With that I mean it seems to be Fencai, an on-glaze enamel, while in that period white was not used. Fencai enamels were only used from the Kangxi reigns. Discrepancies that make you think?!