A FINE AND RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL COPPER-RED GLAZED BOWL

A FINE AND RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL COPPER-RED GLAZED BOWL
SIX-CHARACTER XIANFENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1851-61

The slightly everted bowl raised on a gently tapering foot, covered to the exterior in a bright copper-red glaze contrasting with the white-glazed interior, the base also white with an underglaze-blue reign mark in kaishu script, together with a wood stand, 15.5cm. (2)

Provenance: formerly the collection of Derek Bolton (of the London Stamp Exchange Limited); and then with Marchant, London; purchased from D & M Freedman, London, 1st May 2008, a copy of the invoice is available.

Imperial wares with Xianfeng reign marks are rare. The Imperial kiln was burned down in the 5th year of the reign (1855) and not rebuilt until the Tongzhi period. For several years the kilns were flooded and no production took place. For an almost identical bowl, see Sotheby's Hong Kong, Marchant – Fifty Qing Imperial Porcelains, 10th July 2020, lot 3147 from the collection of Tang Shaoyi (1862-1938), the first Prime Minister of the Republic of China. Another was included in the exhibition Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, cat. no.89; additionally a similar example was exhibited in The Wonders of the Potter's Palette: Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, cat. no.109.

清咸豐 御製霽紅釉碗
《大清咸豐年製》楷書款
來源： Derek Bolton先生（倫敦郵票交易公司）舊藏；其後由倫敦馬錢特古董店購入；之後於2008 年 5 月 1 日購於倫敦D & M Freedman 古董店（附發票複印件）。