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A RARE COPPER-RED-GLAZED BOWL The inscription notes that the present lot was Compare with a similar example, Xianfeng six-
Xianfeng six-character mark and of the period gifted by Yu Jinhe (1887- after 1945). Yu Jinhe character mark and of the period, illustrated in
Elegantly potted with deep curving sides (余晋龢) was a politician during the Republic Imperial Porcelains of Late Qing, Hong Kong,
and raised on a narrow inward-tapering foot, of China. He was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. 1983, p.99, no.89.
covered to the exterior in a liver-red glaze Like many of his generation, he went to study
thinning to a mushroom tone on the mouth in Japan and graduated from the Imperial See also a pair of copper-red-glazed bowls,
and foot rims, the interior glazed white, cloth Japanese Army Academy. He was the 2nd Xianfeng six-character marks and of the
stand, box and cover with inscription. collaborationist mayor of Beijing and served period, which was sold at Bonhams San
15cm (5 7/8in) diam. (3). on the North China Political Council from Francisco, 26 June 2018, lot 226.
February-November 1943. After the downfall
£8,000 - 12,000 of Wang Jingwei’s puppet government in
CNY71,000 - 110,000 August 1945, Yu was arrested and later died
in prison at an unknown date.
清咸豐 霽紅釉盌
青花「大清咸丰年製」楷書款

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