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A COPPER"RED BOTTLE VASE, YUHUCHUN Copper-red vases of this type are held in important museums
PING and private collections worldwide; see one in the Tokyo
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD National Museum, Tokyo, included in the Museum’s exhibition
Chinese Arts of the Ming and Ch’ing Periods, 1963, cat. no. 440;
the rounded sides rising from a spreading foot to a waisted
one in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, illustrated in The O! cial
neck and everted rim, richly applied on the exterior with a deep
Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003,
copper-red glaze, the base with a seal mark in underglaze blue
pl. 346; another from the Songzhutang Collection, sold twice
30 cm, 12 in.
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in our New York rooms, 17 September 2003, lot 100 and 15
This vase is notable for its vibrant copper-red glaze, the even September 2015, lot 85; and a fourth vase from the Duke of
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tone which accentuates the graceful curves of its proÞ le. Fife and Bulgari Collection, sold in our New York rooms, 14
Copper was notoriously di+ cult to Þ re, as the slightest September 2011, lot 213. Further Qianlong marked copper-
irregularity in any stage of the production would result in red glazed vases of this type include one from the Gordon
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undesirable colour and hence the rejection of the piece. Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 24 March 2011, lot
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With the technical advances made at the imperial kilns in 1144; and another sold in these rooms, 17 December 1996,
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Jingdezhen from the early Qing dynasty, by the Qianlong reign lot 134, and again in our Hong Kong rooms, 3 October 2017,
(r. 1736-1795) potters were able to accomplish such previously lot 3654.
unattained command over the pigment to successfully create
a number of monochrome vessels with a strong and even red ಴ £ 60,000-80,000
tone, such as the present vase. HK$ 665,000-885,000 US$ 84,500-113,000
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