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Property from Another Owner

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A copper red glazed deep dish
Qianlong six-character mark and of
the period
Its wide curving well and exterior walls covered
with a dark raspberry red wash that thins along
the rim to expose the white body beneath a
colorless glaze covering all surfaces except
the foot pad and of faint greenish tinge across
the recessed base centered with the mark in
underglaze blue seal script.
6 3/8in (16.1cm) diameter
$2,000 - 3,000

Property from a
West Coast Collection

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A rare transmutation red
glazed fanghu
Xianfeng six-character mark and of the period
Of rectangular section with indented corners
to the rim and neck supporting a pair of
rectangular lug handles, the body flaring
outward above a tall foot and molded with
raised peaches on the opposing faces, the
glaze layer displaying opaque reddish-blue
areas streaked with sky blue and thinning to
a translucent olive green with dense craze
lines, the mark incised in regular script to
deeply recessed base where the glaze has
fired to a dark buff color.
11 7/8in (30cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000

Compare the flambé glazed fanghu of slightly
larger size (30.5cm, 12in high), with a similar
incised six-character mark sold in Sotheby’s,
London sale, 12 May 2010, lot 142. See also
a similarly incised six-character Xianfeng mark
on the teadust-glazed bottle vase sold in
Christie’s New York, sale 2463, 15 September
2011, lot 1594 (13 1/4in, 33.6cm high).

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