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A COPPER RED-GLAZED BOWL The rich, even, deep, jihong glaze on the present bowl is a
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period continuation of the glazes produced in the Yuan dynasty and the
Elegantly rising from a tall foot rim to a subtly everted mouth rim, all early Ming dynasty, particularly during the Hongwu and Xuande
covered in a ‘sang de boeuf’ coloured glaze, thinning to a pale hue at reigns. The monochrome underglaze-red glaze, also known as
the extremities, the base with a finely drawn underglaze-blue kaishu ‘sacrificial’ red, was revived during the Kangxi period under the
script reign mark within a double circle. Imperial kiln supervisor Lang Tingji (1663-1715). Copper-red glazes
18.5cm (7 1/4in) diam. continued into the experimental Yongzheng period, alongside further
innovations such as the flambé glaze. The Yongzheng emperor
£5,000 - 7,000 was personally involved with porcelain production in the Imperial
kiln - dissatisfied with the thinness of the red glaze on some newly
HK$52,000 - 72,000 made vessels, he is recorded to have sent on the 14th day of the
CNY44,000 - 62,000 8th month of the 7th year (corresponding to 1729) five old shards
with thick sacrificial red glaze to the kiln supervisor Nian Xiyao as a
Provenance: Collection of Tang Shaoyi (1862-1938), the first Prime reference for improvement.
Minister of the Republic of China
Compare with a pair of bowls, Yongzheng six-character marks and of
the period, sold at Sotheby’s, 7 November 2011, lot 414.

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