Red Glaze Bottle Vase, 18th Century

China, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Dimensions: 12.25″ (31.12cm) H

Porcelain cylindrical vase with tapered based, short neck, and inverted lip. Glazed with red sang de boeuf or langyaohong flambé glaze. The glaze is a deep red with a mottled effect at the upper portion of the body. There are streakes of cream-white along the upper body, neck, and lip. Includes wooden base.

Flambé glazes are high-fired iridescent glazes with a variety of blue, purple, red tones. The sheen is produced by using copper oxide and fired in a reducing atmosphere. No two flambé glazed wares are alike, thus each piece is unique. This particular vase is an 18th century reddish sang de boeuf glaze or langyaohong glaze, which refers to a Qing dynasty revival of red monochrome wares that were produced in the early Ming and Song dynasties. Eighteenth century sang de boeuf glaze wares are typified by a very subtle mottled covereage, streaked effects, and faded white at the lip of the vessel.

Provenance: Hong Kong family collection in Toronto
來源：香港資深移民藏家

18世紀 紅釉花瓶