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A COPPER RED-GLAZED SLENDER
BALUSTER VASE, GUANYIN ZUN
18th century
The elegantly potted vessel rising from a
rolled foot rim to a slim shoulder before
tapering to a tall gently flaring mouth rim, all
covered in a well controlled glaze graduating
from a deep crimson to a variegated ox-
blood hue and thinning at the mouth rim to
a pale hue, gold-lacquer repair, kintsugi, to
neck.
43cm (17in) high
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£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 31,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Compare with a langyao vase sold in our
New York rooms, 19 March 2018, lot 8049,
and another slightly larger example sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2013,
lot 3487.
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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC
BOTTLE VASE
Guangxu
The quatre-foil section vase modelled after
a bronze hu vase, with tubular handles and
raised peach-shape panels to each face, all
covered in a vibrant crimson transmutation
glaze with violet undertones, thinning to a
pale hue at the corners and mouth rim, the
base ground down. 25.5cm (10in) high
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000

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