Property from a French Private CollectionA copper red-glazed stemcupSeal mark and period of Qianlongthe base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blueHeight 11.3 cm, 4½ in. __________________________________________________________________________Collection particulière françaiseCoupe sur pied à glaçure rouge, marque et époque Qianlong__________________________________________________________________________法國私人收藏清乾隆 紅釉高足盃《大清乾隆年製》款来源: Acquired in China by the grand uncle of the present owner who was a missionary in Beijing, circa 1900, and thence by descent in the family. __________________________________________________________________________現藏家之叔公得，約1900年於北京任神職人員，此後家族傳承专文: Two closely related stem bowls with a Qianlong mark and of the period were sold in our Hong Kong rooms, one on 11th July 2020, lot 3108; the other on 8th April 2011, lot 3022; see also a related example with a white interior, of Yongzheng mark and period, illustrated in Shimmering Colours, Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, The Zhuyuetang Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, cat. no. 42. Stem bowls of this type were first made in the Ming dynasty, see for example a Yongle bowl decorated on the interior with a dragon in anhua, illustrated in Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1976, cat. no. 1.