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CHINESE PORCELAINS
No. 34
Small Green Vase (" Lu-lang-yao"), ovoid shape, with low, slightly curved
neck, of dense grayish-white porcelain, invested with a brilliant light
"apple-green" glaze, translucent and like "Imperial" green jade, show-
ing a network of brown crackle uniformly dispersed over the body.
The rim and interior, as underneath the foot, are light celadon glaze with crackle.
Objects with this particularly rare color are attributed by authorities as the product of
Lang-ting-so, period of K'ang-hsi (1662-1 722).
Height, 4^/8 inches.
Diameter, 3 ';4 inches.
From the Startseff Collection, Tientsin.
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