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Lot Essay
One other pair of bowls of the same shape, with the same rare type of glaze, and also with Kangxi marks, is illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art; Chinese Ceramics IV; Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 13.
The glaze on the present and published bowls appears to be a refined version of the gradations of color seen on copper-red-glazed vessels of Kangxi date, that are often described as langyao, where the thicker, crackled red glaze thins to a pale celadon color, primarily at the rim, but also in other areas. This type of glaze is evident on several vessels, including three vases of various shape, three bowls, and a zhadou-shaped jar, illustrated in The Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935-36, nos. 2298, 2299, 2301, 2303, 2305, 2307 and 2309; and on three vessels illustrated in A Special Exhibition of Qing Monochrome Glaze Porcelain, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1981, nos. 4, 5 and 6, a vase, a brush pot and a censer, respectively.
The glaze on the present and published bowls appears to be a refined version of the gradations of color seen on copper-red-glazed vessels of Kangxi date, that are often described as langyao, where the thicker, crackled red glaze thins to a pale celadon color, primarily at the rim, but also in other areas. This type of glaze is evident on several vessels, including three vases of various shape, three bowls, and a zhadou-shaped jar, illustrated in The Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935-36, nos. 2298, 2299, 2301, 2303, 2305, 2307 and 2309; and on three vessels illustrated in A Special Exhibition of Qing Monochrome Glaze Porcelain, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1981, nos. 4, 5 and 6, a vase, a brush pot and a censer, respectively.