Lot 1380. A Langyao bottle vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 60,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 

The compressed globular body and tall, tapering neck are covered with a crackle-suffused glaze of deep crushed-strawberry-red color falling in a thick line above the unglazed foot and thinning to a pale tone below the white rim. The base covered with a mottled copper-red and celadon glaze.

Provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania.
Imperial Oriental Art, New York, December 2002.

Note: The term langyao derives its name from Lang Tingji, director of the official kilns at Jingdezhen between 1705-1712, who is credited with the revival of monochrome glazes and particularly copper-red glazes.

A Kangxi langyao bottle vase of similar compressed form, but with wider neck and of slightly smaller size, from the E.T. Chow Collection, was sold at Christie's New York, 19 September 2007, lot 386.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 19 - 20 September 2013