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PROPERTY FROM THE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN
KELLEN FOUNDATION, NEW YORK

1236
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 fne
golden crackle sufusing 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 afixed to the base.
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE

Parish-Watson & Co. Collection, New York.
Allen J. Mercher, New York, 1947.
清康熙 郎窯紅釉觀音瓶

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