Lot 166. Copper Red Lotus Ewer, Possibly Hongwu Period. Est. $3,000/4,000. Price Realised: $2,992,500. Photo Waddingtons.ca

Supported on a short flared foot, with a bulbous body tapering to a narrow neck, with a gently curved spout, decorated throughout in underglaze red; height 12.1",  30.7 cm 

Provenance: Acquired in Taiwan before 1960, passed to the current owner from his grandfather and brought to Toronto when the family immigrated to Canada in 1998

Waddingtons.ca. Asian Art. 13 june 2016