A LARGE BIEN HOA 边和 STONEWARE TYPE ‘MAGPIE AND PLUM - CHÚC MỪNG MEISHAO - 喜上梅稍’ PHOENIX TAIL VASE, FENGWEIZUN VIETNAM, BIEN HOA SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS, 20TH CENTURY Resting on a spread foot, with an egg-shaped body surmounted by a trumpet neck. Adorned in black and white against an orange ground with two magpies perched on a plum tree with blooming flowers. The base with a cobalt blue mark (unidentified). H: 39,2 cm Note: One can say ‘There is a happy magpie on the tip of the plum branch’ as ‘Xi Shang Mei Shao’ (‘喜上梅稍’) which sounds exactly like saying ‘Xi Shang Mei Shao’ (‘喜上眉稍’) which means ‘Happiness up to one's eyebrows’. This expression means ‘very happy’.