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A RARE PAIR OF COPPER-RED-GLAZED BOWLS, 清咸豐 霽紅釉盌一對 《大清咸豐年製》款
MARKS AND PERIOD OF XIANFENG
the base of each with a six-character mark in underglaze 來源
blue (2) 美國私人收藏，得於1971至1981年之間
Diameter 6 in., 15.4 cm
PROVENANCE
American Private Collection, acquired between 1971 and 1981.
Imperial wares bearing Xianfeng reign marks are notably
rare. The Imperial kiln at Jingdezhen was destroyed in the
fifth year of the Xianfeng reign (1855) during the Taiping
Rebellion and remained unreconstructed until the Tongzhi
period. This interruption in production, exacerbated by
flooding in the region, severely limited the output of Imperial
ceramics during the latter years of Xianfeng’s reign.
Compare a similar bowl exhibited in Imperial Porcelain
of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no.
89; and another exhibited in The Wonders of the Potter’s
Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of The Hong Kong
Museum of Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984,
cat. no. 109; see also a closely related bowl, previously in the
collection of Tang Shaoyi, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 10th
July 2020, lot 3147.
$ 30,000-50,000

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