A RARE YELLOW-GLAZED MEIPING QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD |

the slightly spreading foot elegantly rising to high, broad shoulders, surmounted by a short, waisted neck and everted rim, the exterior covered with a translucent yellow glaze, the unglazed recessed base with a stepped footring 

Frank Caro, New York, 24th April 1971.

There is a polished frit on the shoulder. Scattered firing imperfections and brown spots throughout. Minor chips to the footring. Old labels adhered to the base. Faint crazing to the glaze due to firing. Otherwise in overall good condition.
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Compare a vase of this type in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 14.40.322. For Kangxi mark and period yellow-glazed baluster jars, see one illustrated in Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Ch'ing-Dynasty Monochrome Porcelains in the National Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1981, cat. no. 21, and one without its cover sold in these rooms, 13th September 2007, lot 182. See also langyao and apple green-glazed examples of this form, sold respectively at Christie's New York, 20th September 2005, lot 287, and Christie's London, 7th June 2004, lot 46.