康熙 Kangxi Langyao Baluster Vase
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A tall Kangxi period baluster form
vase of slender form with a flared cylindrical neck rolling outward at the mouth
rim. The waisted body rising from a widely splayed stepped foot to a broad
rounded shoulder is covered with a sumptuous rich raspberry transparent langyao
glaze that has drained to the foot leaving the neck and upper body void of the
copper red coating revealing the mushroom toned crackled underglaze, pooling
only around the neck and reappearing halfway down the vase in streaks of
brilliant red color collecting at the foot in deepest raspberry hue and stopping
at the bottom of the stepped foot. The base is covered with a pale
mushroom hued crackle glaze. |
A heavily potted meiping vase in the National Gallery
showing a similar partial covering of the langyao glaze dated late 18th C/early
19th C, the lip restored with a gold lacquer repair.
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E.T. Hall Vase (Male form) |
Vermeer & Griggs Vase (Male
form) |
Cleveland Vase (Female form) |
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