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A RARE LANGYAO ‘OLIVE-STONE’ VASE
Early 18th century
Rising from an inward-sloping foot to an oviform
body tapering to a waisted neck with flared mouth
rim, the rich raspberry-red glaze applied evenly,
stopping neatly at the white-glazed rim and above
the foot ring, the interior glazed white.
28.3cm (11 1/8in) high.

£20,000 - 30,000
CNY 181,000 - 271,000

十八世紀早期 郎窯紅釉橄欖瓶

The shape of the present vase is rare. The
elegantly-potted baluster shape appears to have
been an innovation of the Yongzheng reign.
Compare, for example, the shape of a blue and
white vase, Yongzheng mark and period, illustrated
in The Complete Collection of the Treasures of
the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain
with Underglazed Red, Hong Kong, 2010, vol.3,
no.85. See also a related yellow-ground green and
aubergine enamelled vase, Qianlong seal mark and
period, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains, Plain
Tricoloured Porcelains, Shanghai, 2009, no.132.

Copper-red glazes, which had not been revisited
since the Ming dynasty, were not only successfully
fired but technically improved during the Kangxi
period renowned for its langyao and ‘peach bloom’
group. These may have been produced under the
supervision of Zang Yingxuan and Lang Tingji,
who demonstrated a commitment to precision and
technological innovation, which would determine
the subsequent history of Qing Imperial porcelain
production; see J.Hay, ‘The Diachronics of Early
Qing Visual and Material Culture’, in The Qing
Formation in World Historical Time, Cambridge,
2004, p.318.

Compare with a similar red-glazed vase, 18th
century, which was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
28 May 2014, lot 3441.

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