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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A RARE SMALL DECORATED LANGYAO BOTTLE VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A RARE SMALL DECORATED LANGYAO BOTTLE VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The bulbous body and tall neck covered in a glaze of deep crushed strawberry color ending in a neat line on the slightly tapered foot, delicately incised and painted in black enamel below the rim with a band of two different dragons, one of pinkish-buff color, the other of pinkish-rose color, racing amidst tiny green flames, within black line borders, all on a ground shading from copper red to a pale blue-green, with white rim, crackle-suffused ivory ground on the interior and a pale celadon glaze on the base
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high, wood stand, box
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The bulbous body and tall neck covered in a glaze of deep crushed strawberry color ending in a neat line on the slightly tapered foot, delicately incised and painted in black enamel below the rim with a band of two different dragons, one of pinkish-buff color, the other of pinkish-rose color, racing amidst tiny green flames, within black line borders, all on a ground shading from copper red to a pale blue-green, with white rim, crackle-suffused ivory ground on the interior and a pale celadon glaze on the base
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high, wood stand, box
Provenance
Edward T. Chow.
M.C. Wang Collection, China, formed through the 1940s, and thence by descent to the present owners.
M.C. Wang Collection, China, formed through the 1940s, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
H.D. Ling and E.T. Chow, Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Hall of Leisurely Pastime, vol. II, Hong Kong, privately printed, 1950, no. 115.