AN UNUSUAL FLAMBÉ LANGYAO VASE, TIANQIU PING, QING DYNASTY China, 1730-1830. The pear-shaped body surmounted by a tall slender neck, supported on a narrow, recessed base, covered with a copper-red glaze of deep oxblood color transmuting to a flambé glaze at the neck, and to buff at the rim, all suffused with a network of fine crackles. The glaze stopping at the unglazed foot ring to reveal the buff ware. The interior covered in flambé and green tinged glazes.

Provenance: Southern French trade.
Condition: Good condition with intentional crackling of the glaze, the neck slightly tilted, a minor bruise to the lip with several associated short cracks mostly to the inside of neck, all very well visible on the images provided online at www.zacke.at. Manufacturing flaws such as glaze recesses, kiln grit on the base, glaze dripping around the foot with significant areas of glaze loss.

Weight: 3.322g
Dimensions: Height 37 cm

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. The production of these, as well as Langyao glazes, continued well into the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods, with further innovations such as the flambé glaze.

清代郎窯紅天球瓶
中國，1730-1830年。瓶形為小口、直頸、豐肩、圈足，器身渾圓若球。釉面光潔透亮，釉色瑩澈濃艷，胎骨厚重。口沿部釉面變薄，成白色可見内胎，藍紫色釉夾雜。圈足露胎。瓶内紅綠色釉夾雜。

來源：法國南部古玩市場。
品相：狀況良好，釉料開片，頸部略微傾斜，唇部有輕微磨損，頸部內側有幾處短裂紋，細圖可見 www.zacke.at。製造缺陷，例如釉面凹陷、底部的窯砂、釉料在足部周圍滴落並伴有明顯的釉料缺損。

重量：3.322克
尺寸：高37 厘米