A COPPER-RED-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

A COPPER-RED-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

清十八世紀 紅釉荸薺瓶

rising from a compressed globular body to a columnar neck, covered overall in a rich copper-red glaze suffused with a network of delicate crackle, thinning to a crushed strawberry hue at the neck and an ivory tone at the rim, the glaze neatly finished just above the flat foot ring encircling a white-glazed base

Height 12 in., 30.5 cm