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A LARGE LANGYAO BALUSTER VASE

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A LARGE LANGYAO BALUSTER VASE
KANGXI

The slender tapering body under a rich raspberry glaze pooling slightly at the spreading foot and draining to white on the flaring lip, the interior and base covered with a crackled mushroom glaze (restored rim chip, two rim hairlines)
18 1/2 in. (47.2 cm.) high, wood stand

Lot Essay

Similar vases are illustrated in An Anthology of Chinese Art, p. 153, col. pl. 109; Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl. VII 2; The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection Catalogue, vol. I, col. pl. 123; the National Palace Museum Special Exhibition of Qing Monochromes, Catalogue, p. 37, col. pl. 1 and by Beurdeley and Raindre in Qing Porcelain; the Chang Foundation Inaugural Catalogue, p. 51; by Spencer in, Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing, p. 266, col. pl. 114; Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, vol. 5, p. 65; Qing Imperial Porcelain, col. pl. 1; and Spleandour of the Qing Dynasty, p. 335, col. pl. 202.

(US$11,000-13,000)

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