a group of four copper red-glazed containers


Late Qing dynastyThe largest a beehive-shaped water coupe covered on the exterior with a copper red layer beneath the colorless glaze applied everywhere except the foot pad surrounding a recessed base bearing a six-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue standard script (chipped); the second a tiny compressed globular water coupe with an upright rim, a copper red wash applied on the exterior walls beneath a celadon-tinged glaze with extensive craze lines on all surfaces except the foot pad (foot polished); the third a small garlic-headed vase with a compressed globular body covered in wash of peach bloom type beneath a colorless glaze applied everywhere except the foot pad (chipped); the last a bottle vase with a transmutation glaze on the interior and exterior walls stopping along the unglazed foot pad and recessed base (chipped). 5 and 3 1/2in (12.7 and 9cm) diameter of water coupes5 1/8 and 5 7/8in (13 and 14.5cm) height of vases