Lot 839. Two copper-red-glazed globular water pots, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 3 ½ and 3 ¾ in.(8.9 and 9.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 22,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020.

Each covered on the exterior with a rich copper-red glaze of deep crushed strawberry-red tone, below the white rim, and with an apocryphal Xuande mark on the base.

Provenance: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired prior to 1990.

Note: Compare the two similar copper-red-glazed water pots illustrated in the catalogue of the Exhibition of Chinese Arts, C. T. Loo & Co., New York, 1 November 1941-30 April 1942, nos. 908 and 910, where they are dated Yongzheng.

Christie's. Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II, New York, 24 September 2020