A LANGYAO PEAR-SHAPED VASE
Kangxi
The exterior covered with a crackled glaze of rich crushed strawberry tone thinning to mushroom and pale celadon at the slightly flared mouth rim and continuing onto the interior, the glaze pooling to an even darker hue on the spreading foot
14.3/8in. (36.5cm.) high
Lot Essay
Compare the similar vase included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-36, Catalogue, no. 2301.