Lot 159. A Langyao vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 GBP. Lot sold 37,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby’s.

the slender baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck flaring at the rim, the exterior covered in a rich copper-red glaze pooling slightly at the foot and draining to white at the rim, suffused with a network of fine crackle throughout, the interior and underside of the base covered with a crackled mushroom-coloured glaze; 41.2cm., 16¼in.

Sotheby’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Londres | 05 nov. 2014, 10:00 AM