A Chinese Copper Red Glazed Porcelain Bowl

YONGZHENG PERIOD (1722-1735)

清雍正祭紅釉盌
the slight flaring mouth rim rising along a slight s-curve from the deep walls, all supported by a straight foot ring. The exterior of the bowl and foot covered in a smooth lustrous glaze of deep jam tone, showing a dappled thinning along the mouth ring opposite depth at the foot. White glazes covers the interior and recessed base, incised with a six-character mark of the period in underglaze blue.

Diameter 5 3/4 in., 14.5 cm.

Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund

Alice Motley Woodbury (1859-1933)

Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897-1969), by descent.

Accessioned by the Strong in 1975.

In overall good stable condition, having slight surface scratches to the exterior walls most visible under raking light, and shelfwear to the foot. Firing imperfection at the base most visible at the underside, which is not a through and through firing crack. The interior with spotting, alongside the exterior glaze with minor pitting. The mouth rim with soiling settling in firing imperfections, and a chip to the glaze. No further imperfections, fissures, or hairlines visible when examined under UV light.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

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A Chinese Copper Red Glazed Porcelain Bowl

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