Lot 1385. A copper-red-glazed stem bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue in a line and of the period (1736-1795); 7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018

The stem bowl is well potted with deep flaring sides supported on a short, splayed pedestal foot encircled by bow-stringbands, and the exterior is covered with a rich raspberry-red glaze thinning to a light pink tone, Japanese wood box.

Provenance: S. Marchant & Son, London, 20 June 1984, no. 64. 
Christie's New York, 20 September 2005, lot 289

Note: A similar stem bowl with a Qianlong seal mark was included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition, Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977, p. 32, no. 18; and another is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 15, Tokyo, 1983, p. 207, fig. 96. 

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 13 - 14 September 2018