A CHINESE COPPER-RED GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING

SIX CHARACTER XIANFENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1851-61

Rising from a short foot to a waisted neck which flares at the rim, the exterior decorated all over with a deep cherry-red glaze, the interior and base glazed white, with the reign mark in underglaze blue, 30cm.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Monochrome Porcelain, p.30, no.27 for a comparable vase from the Tongzhi period.