An unusual copper-red-glazed bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period
Lot 1781. An unusual copper-red-glazed bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
With deep rounded sides rising from a tall foot, the exterior covered with a glaze of soft, slightly greyish crushed strawberry-red color thinning to a paler tone in a line around the foot, the interior white, wood stand.
Provenance: Greenwald Collection no. 49.
Literature: Gerald M. Greenwald, The Greenwald Collection, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics, 1996, no. 49.
Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I and Part II Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 24 March 2011