A RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED LINGZHI-MOLDED LIBATION VESSEL

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A RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED LINGZHI-MOLDED LIBATION VESSEL
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

Unusually modeled after a rhinoceros horn vessel with molded lingzhi to each side, the heads of one plant rising to the lip and forming the molded edge all the way around, the copper-red of rich tone occasionally dotted with minute green spots (rim crack)
5 1/8in. (13cm.) across
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc, III