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50-RARE LANG-YAO BOTTLE-FORM VASE (K'ang-hsi)
With one of the most brilliant glazes that have appeared in
this wonderful color; it has the liquid depth and brilliancy
of a water mirror, suffused with the light of rarest rubies.
The body of the vase is in inverted pear-shape, with slightly
spreading foot and flattened shoulder, and the neck is tubu-
lar and slender. The glaze, which has the characteristic
crackle and peau-d' orange surface, is a rich sang-de-bceuf
about the neck, takes the denser tones of the congealing
blood on the shoulder, lightens to peachbloom mottlings
around the swell of the body, and thence changes in ever-
deepening note to the beautiful, clear shimmer of the
pigeon's-blood ruby, finishing in a dense dark ring at the
perfect foot. In the interior of the neck and underneath
the foot a rice-color glaze with fine crackle. (A very slight
repair at the lip.) Has ivory stand carved in openwork.
Height, 9 inches.
(Illustrated in Color)

51-IMPERIAL YELLOW BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE (K'ang-hsi)
In the form of a slender ovoid jar with flattened shoulder,
which issues into a tall, slender, tubular neck very slightly
spreading at the lip and marked by three bold molded rings;
its shape suggests the ring-necked celadons. The whole sur-
face, including the under part of the foot and the interior
of the neck, is covered with a brilliant monochrome glaze of
a light and delicate imperial yellow. Has teakwood stand
with silver wire inlay.
Height, 8 inches.
(Illustrated in Color-See Frontispiece)