Page 40 - Yamanaka co Auction catalog

55-CELADON VASE (K' ang-hsi)
Inverted pear-shape with slightly spreading foot, high
shoulder, and short cylindrical neck with trumpet lip. The
entire exterior coated with a lustrous celadon glaze, of pure
sea-green tint, its tone deepening on the shoulder and about
the foot. Interior of the neck white. On the body, be-
neath the glaze, an incised decoration of aquatic and ter-
restrial plant motives, their lines brought out by the deep-
ening of the color. Carved teakwood stand.
Height) 8 inches.

56-MIRROR-BLACK VASE (K'ang-hsi)
Oviform body with high shoulder, short neck and trumpet
lip. Dense, vibrant porcelain, enameled with a brilliant
coal-black glaze of mirror quality, with the raven's wing
iridescence. Reminiscences of early ornamentation may be
discerned, showing that landscapes, medallions and ideo-
graphic characters adorned it. The glaze is halted in a
perfect flow above the foot; the trumpet mouth is glazed
in white. Has carved teakwood stand.
Height) 9% inches.

57-TURQUOISE BEAKER (Ch'ien-lung)
A beaker-shaped vase of graceful proportions and wholly
delightful color-quality, the form quadrilateral, the glaze-
which continues well into the interior-a rich, engaging
turquoise-blue, with a fine fish-roe crackle, and most mys-
tically clouded in light, vaporous effect, mottled variously,
and in places revealing hints of "turquoise-green"-the
hue of the much-washed turquoise. The whole, in form, an
early bronze beautifully reproduced, and enhanced, in
porcelain-the glaze one of notable luminosity. Under-
neath the unglazed foot the biscuit surface is a minute
reticulation-a sort of cheese-cloth canvas apparently hav-
ing covered the saggar bottom or the floor of the kiln.
Has carved teakwood stand.
Height) 9% inches.