Lot: 720

Old red glazed “Bo” form bowl  

The copper red glaze has an intense and uniform red color.  Due its old age, the surface of the glaze has lost the shine that commonly exists in late Qing and later period red porcelain.  This shape of Bo bowl was known to be made during Yongzheng and Qianlong period.  (see, e.g., Gen Bao Chan’s Identification of Ming and Qing Porcelain” p.238 and 461. ISBN 962-321-012-5).    

Size:  8.5 in. (21.5 cm) Dia x 5.25 in. (13.3 cm) H  

Provenance: From Dr. Robert I-San Lin Collection, whose grandfather was a major antique dealer during late Qing-early Republic; brought to California in 1960s.  Dr. Lin’s biography published in Journal of Artworks Authentication, ISSN 2095 - 9109.  2015, vol. 6.