A SACRIFICAL-RED GLAZED VASE, MEIPING QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

of finely potted baluster form, the high rounded shoulders elegantly rising to a waisted neck and flared mouth, the exterior covered with a deep, rich red glaze intensifying around the sloping shoulders, the rim and interior glazed white, the base unglazed with a recessed central ring 

Collection of Edward T. Chow.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th November 1980, lot 64.

The Leshantang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Taipei, 2005, cat. no. 34.

The vase is in very good condition overall. The actual colour is quite close to the colour of the vase depicted in the catalogue.
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The copper red glazed vessels of the Qing period are essentially a revival of early Ming prototypes, with the high degree of transparency in the rich glaze successfully achieved through the great technical advances that were made at the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen.

A vase of similar form and size, from the Kostolany collection, included in the Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition of Monochrome Porcelain, London, 1948, cat. no. 128, was sold in our London rooms, 3^rd March 1953. Compare also a red-glazed vase of same size but with a heavier foot, from the Evelyn Annenberg Hall collection, sold at Christie's New York, 29^th March 2006, lot 139.