A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED BALUSTER VASE, LAIFU ZUN

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED BALUSTER VASE, LAIFU ZUN
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The well-potted, tapering ovoid vase is covered with a mottled glaze of soft greyish-pink color suffused with pale greenish clouds and bright crushed strawberry patches. The neck has been reduced. Together with a white-glazed circular box and cover, 18th century, carved with a dense cluster of lingzhi above ruyi-head bands on the canted sides and covered with a creamy, ivory-toned glaze.
Vase 5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high; box and cover 3 15/16 in. (8.4 cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

William B. Gruber Collection, acquired between 1957-1965.

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Lot Essay

Compare the laifu zun to a very similar example of comparable height in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., illustrated in Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets, Washington D.C., 1998, p. 68. As with the present example, the neck of the vase has also been ground off.

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