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A large apple-green glazed oviform vase
Kangxi
The oviform body rising to a slender shoulder, the thick mouth rim
gently everted, all covered in a rich green-hued glaze with a wide
crackle, the base unglazed.
33cm (13in) high

£1,800 - 2,200 HK$22,000 - 26,000
CNY17,000 - 21,000

237 The bright apple-green glaze, also known as lülangyao or green-Ge,
was one of the many glazes produced by the Jingdezhen kilns under
238 the supervision of Lang Tingji, Governor of Jingdezhen, during the
years 1705-1712,of the Kangxi era. This glaze is generally considered
239 to be a transmutation of Langyao red to green, due to the oxidisation
92 | Bonhams of copper in the last stage of the firing which yields a light green rather
than a red hue. A more in depth discussion of this glaze is discussed in
Q. Wang A Dictionary of Chinese Ceramics, Shanghai, 1989, p. 223.

Compare with a small jar, Kangxi, in the Qing Court Collection,
illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p.20, pl.17.

238
An aubergine-glazed tripod incense burner
Kangxi
The compressed bulbous body with deep rounded sides supported on
three short tapering legs, divided into three even sections by incised
lines to the underside, applied with a pair of upright rope-twist handles
to the lipped rim raised on a waisted neck, all under an attractive
aubergine glaze of deep and glossy violet tone.

22.9cm (9in) wide

£1,500 - 2,000 HK$18,000 - 24,000
CNY14,000 - 19,000

Provenance
Louis van der Heyden collection, no.230 (label)
A Belgian private collection

239 *

A clair-de-lune-glazed carved archaistic bottle
vase

19th century
The rounded body carved with a central band with four pairs of stylised
phoenix issuing from archaistic squared scrolls between two narrow
bands of incised key-fret, the straight neck with stiff upward-pointing
lappets and stylised taotie masks at the mouth, the exterior all covered
with a delicate pale blue glaze pooling at the recesses and reaching
into the interior of the neck.
41.8cm (16 1/2in) high

£1,500 - 2,000 HK$18,000 - 24,000
CNY14,000 - 19,000

Provenance
A Swiss Private Collection.