Lot 1236. A large Langyao vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722), 17 in. (43.2 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 75,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The vase is covered with a crackled glaze of rich crushed strawberry color shading to a darker tone on the lower body and on the neck before thinning to a mushroom color below the white rim, with fine golden crackle suffusing the glaze on the interior of the neck and the pale blue-green-tinted glaze that covers the base. A French ormolu stand of a later date is affixed to the base.

Provenance: Parish-Watson & Co. Collection, New York.
Allen J. Mercher, New York, 1947. 

Property from the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, New York. 

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 14 - 15 September 2017, New York