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Kangxi Porcelain – A Private Collection
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 120

A COPPE R-RED - GLAZED 'LANGYAO' VASE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PE RIOD
Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 USD

A COPPER-RED-GLAZED 'LANGYAO' VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
清康熙 郎窰紅釉觀音尊

of elongated baluster form rising from a short spreading foot to a broad waisted neck, covered overall in a rich red glaze suffused
with crackle, draining to a pale celadon tone at the rim and footrim, the interior and base glaze white

Height 15 in., 38 cm

Provenance
Christie's New York, 29th November 1990, lot 203.

來源
紐約佳士得1990年11月29日，編號203

Catalogue Note
The term 'langyao' is derived from Lang Tingji, governor of Jiangxi province and supervisor of the imperial kilns from 1705 to 1712
who was known for reviving copper-red glazes.

The shape of this vase is a classic form of langyao ware. Several similar examples can be found in museums and private
collections. See a taller vase of this type in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in the Catalogue of a
Special Exhibition of Ch’ing Dynasty Monochrome Porcelains in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1981, cat. no. 1. Another

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