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PROPERTY FROM THE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION, NEW YORK
A LARGE LANGYAO VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A LARGE LANGYAO VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase is covered with a crackled glaze of rich crushed strawberry color shading to a darker tone on the lower body and on the neck before thinning to a mushroom color below the white rim, with fine golden crackle suffusing the glaze on the interior of the neck and the pale blue-green-tinted glaze that covers the base. A French ormolu stand of a later date is affixed to the base.
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase is covered with a crackled glaze of rich crushed strawberry color shading to a darker tone on the lower body and on the neck before thinning to a mushroom color below the white rim, with fine golden crackle suffusing the glaze on the interior of the neck and the pale blue-green-tinted glaze that covers the base. A French ormolu stand of a later date is affixed to the base.
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Parish-Watson & Co. Collection, New York.
Allen J. Mercher, New York, 1947.
Allen J. Mercher, New York, 1947.