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A LANGYAO SLENDER HIGH-SHOULDERED
VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The tapering body fares at the foot and is
covered with a crackle-suffused glaze of
mottled crushed-strawberry-red color that
thins to pale grey-green on the neck where
it continues over the fared rim onto the
interior. The base is covered with a pale
celadon glaze suffused with golden-brown-
crackle.
14√ in. (37.8 cm.) high

$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE:

Cleveland Museum of Art; Christie’s New
York, 18 September 2003, lot 328.
Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.

The term langyao derives its name from Lang
Tingji, director of the offcial kilns at Jingdezhen
between 1705-1712, who is credited with the
revival of monochrome glazes and particularly
copper-red glazes. Compare the langyao vase of
similar shape, but slightly smaller size (36.5 cm.),
from the E. T. Hall Collection, sold at Christie’s
London, 7 June 2004, lot 150.

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