Lot 3108. A fine and rare sacrificial-red glazed stem bowl, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 15.2 cm, 6 in. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot sold 725,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's

the deep rounded sides raised on a tall slightly splayed hollow foot, rising to a gently flared rim, covered overall in a rich luminous deep crushed-strawberry glaze stopping neatly below the rim and above the foot, inscribed to the interior of the foot with a horizontal six-character seal mark in underglaze blue.

Provenance: Collection of Y.C. Chen (1922-2012).
Christie's London, 17th May 2013, lot 1333.

Exhibited: Chinese Ceramics Tang to Qing, Marchant, London, 2014, cat. no. 48.

Note: A similar Qianlong mark and period stem bowl was sold in these rooms, 8th April 2011, lot 3022. See also a stem bowl of this type, but with a Yongzheng mark and of the period, but the interior left white, included in the exhibition Shimmering Colours, Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, The Zhuyuetang Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2005, cat. no. 42.

Sotheby's. Marchant – Fifty Qing Imperial Porcelains, Hong Kong, 11 July 2020