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四 48. Imperial copper-red glazed stem cup, gao zu bei, on tall slightly everted foot with gently flared rim covered overall in a
十 rich deep crushed-strawberry glaze thinning and pooling at the top of the foot and on the interior rim, the lip and the
八 interior of the foot with white glaze.

15.2cm diameter.
御 The interior of the foot with six-character sealmark of Qianlong written in a line in underglaze blue and of the period,
製 1736-1795.
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釉 • From the collection of Mr Y. C. Chen. Yu Chieh Chen was born in Yangzhou in 1922 and at the age of 15 became
高 an apprentice to a well established antique dealer, Zhu Heding. Another of Master Zhu’s pupils was Qiu Yanzhi,
足 better known as Edward T. Chow. Although their apprenticeships never overlapped they became close friends later
盃 in Hong Kong, where Y. C. Chen settled in the early 1950s and became great friends with the famous collectors of

the day, J. M. Hu, T. Y. Chao and S. K. Ko. Mr Chen set up a gallery on Hankow Road, which finally closed in the
清 late 1980s. Mr Chen was well known and highly respected. He took great care in viewing items before making a
乾 purchase to ensure the pieces he dealt in and collected personally were in perfect condition.
隆 • A similar stem cup was sold by Sotheby’s Hong Kong in their auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art,

8th April 2007, no. 730.
大 • A Yongzheng example with a white interior is illustrated by Peter Y. K. Lam, Richard W. C. Kan and Yao Hok Wa in
清 Shimmering Colours, Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, The Zhuyuetang Collection, no. 42, p. 104.
乾 • A Yongle prototype with an anhua dragon in the well of the interior is illustrated by Laurence C. S. Tam in
隆 Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, 1976, no. 1, and a Xuande mark and period prototype is
年 illustrated by Chin Hsiao-yi in Catalogue of The Special Exhibition of Selected Hsüan-te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming
製 Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taiwan, no. 96, pp. 246/7.
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