Lot Essay
A langyao vase of similar shape, but of smaller size (9½in. high), is illustrated by Gorer and Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, pl. 164 (left)
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A LANGYAO BOTTLE VASE
KANGXI
The heavily potted body covered in a crackle-suffused glaze of crushed strawberry tone draining to pale celadon on the slender neck which flares very slightly towards the rim, the interior of the base with a similar grayish-celadon glaze suffused with fine golden crackle
15 7/8in. (40.3cm.) high
KANGXI
The heavily potted body covered in a crackle-suffused glaze of crushed strawberry tone draining to pale celadon on the slender neck which flares very slightly towards the rim, the interior of the base with a similar grayish-celadon glaze suffused with fine golden crackle
15 7/8in. (40.3cm.) high