A Chinese copper-red glazed small 'Monk's Cap' Ewer, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, made in imitation of Xuande prototype, the exterior covered with a rich glaze of 'sacrificial red' that thins to white on the raised areas, with apocryphal six-character Xuande mark in underglaze blue to the base, 14 cm highProvenance: From a private collection and inherited by the current owner.For a similar, but larger example in copper-red with apocryphal Xuande mark, dated to the Kangxi period, and is illustrated with a Xuande period prototype, see Gugong cong chuan shi ciqi zhenyan duibi - Lidai guyaozhi biaoben tulu, Beijing, 1998, pp. 123 and 122, nos. 97 and 96, respectively and again another larger example is illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl. LXV, No.2 (BM Franks.707)清十八世纪 大明宣德年制款豇豆红釉僧帽壶拍品来源：英国私人收藏，现藏家祖母于其母亲处继承