Lot Essay
Compare the jar to a small green-glazed Langyao jar illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum (Beijing), Hong Kong, 1999, p. 20, no. 17
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KANGXI (1662-1722)
Details
A SMALL GREEN LANGYAO JAR; AND A BLANC-DE-CHINE LIBATION CUP
KANGXI (1662-1722)
The jar with a short waisted neck standing on a recessed base, covered on the exterior with a pale green glaze with wide russet crackles and stopping neatly above the foot rim, the interior and base with a crackled pale celadon glaze, short rim hairline cracks, 4¼ in. (11.4 cm.) high
The libation cup of rhinoceros horn shape applied with a crane and animals below blossoming prunus, 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) wide (2)
KANGXI (1662-1722)
The jar with a short waisted neck standing on a recessed base, covered on the exterior with a pale green glaze with wide russet crackles and stopping neatly above the foot rim, the interior and base with a crackled pale celadon glaze, short rim hairline cracks, 4¼ in. (11.4 cm.) high
The libation cup of rhinoceros horn shape applied with a crane and animals below blossoming prunus, 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
E. T. Hall Collection, nos. 342 and 221
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