KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details

A LANGYAO SLENDER HIGH-SHOULDERED VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The tapering body flares at the foot and is covered with a crackle-suffused glaze of mottled crushed-strawberry-red color that thins to pale grey-green on the neck where it continues over the flared rim onto the interior. The base is covered with a pale celadon glaze suffused with golden-brown-crackle.
14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Cleveland Museum of Art; Christie's New York, 18 September 2003, lot 328.
Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

The term langyao derives its name from Lang Tingji, director of the official kilns at Jingdezhen between 1705-1712, who is credited with the revival of monochrome glazes and particularly copper-red glazes. Compare the langyao vase of similar shape, but slightly smaller size (36.5 cm.), from the E. T. Hall Collection, sold at Christie’s London, 7 June 2004, lot 150.

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