Page 340 - Christie's Fine Chinese Paintings March 19 2019 Auction

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
1830
A COPPER-RED-GLAZED VASE, MEIPING
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The elegantly potted vase is covered overall with an even glaze of crushed
strawberry-red tone thinning at the mouth and pooling to a slightly deeper
tone at the foot.
8√ in. (22.5 cm.) high
$80,000-120,000

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29 October 2001, lot 570.
A copper-red meiping of similar size and also dated to the Yongzheng period
is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum -
37 - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 24. Another slightly larger
copper-red example (24 cm. high), previously in the collection of Emily Trevor,
was sold at Christie’s New York, 19 September 2007, lot 344. Two more
examples, previously in the collection of T. Y. Chao, were sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lots 3613 and 3614.
清雍正 紅釉梅瓶 雙圈六字楷書款

(mark)