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Fig. 2: 圖2:
Handscroll (detail), Yongzheng 清雍正 博古圖 橫軸（局部）
period (1723-1735). Sir Percival 大衛德基金會， 大英博物館。
David Foundation, British ©大英博物館理事會
Museum.
© The Trustees of the British Museum
These early eighteenth century copper reds benefitted counterparts. Generally, the Langyao copper red wares
from changes to the glaze recipe, compared to that of are glassier than other Qing red glazes, probably due
the fifteenth century, which resulted in reds that were to being fired at a somewhat higher temperature. The
sometimes of an even greater brilliance. The Qing red shaded white band around the mouth of Langyao reds
glazes generally contained greater quantities of calcia is also frequently more pronounced than on other Qing
and alumina, and smaller amounts of silica and alkalis dynasty copper-red porcelains. A copper-red cup with
than their fifteenth century predecessors. This had this distinctive type of shaded red band around the upper
relatively little effect on their appearance, but the Qing section can be seen in the hand of an elegant court
red glazes also contained somewhat less copper, and lady in another one of the famous Portraits of Beauties
this contributed to the production of a brighter red. Painted for Prince Yinzhen, in the Palace Museum, Beijing
Indeed, Chinese copper-red glazes from Yuan to Qing (illustrated in China: The Three Emperors 1662-1795, op.
contained progressively less and less copper, leading to cit., p. 258, no. 173, lower right image).
brighter and brighter reds. The Kangxi copper-red glazes
also had a longer firing time, and this resulted in their In addition to the deep red glazes, the Kangxi reign
appearing somewhat glassier than their fifteenth century saw the development of one of the Qing dynasty’s most

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