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A Langyao baluster vase
With a high shouldered body tapering towards a spreading foot, covered all over with a deep luxuriant red glaze thinning to pale red and beige around the shoulders, cylindrical neck, and slightly flaring mouthrim, the base covered with a crackled translucent glaze.
41.6cm (16 3/8in) high
Footnotes
清康熙 郎窯紅釉觀音樽
Copper-red glaze is frequently regarded as one of the most challenging to fire successfully. Applying the right thickness of glaze, regulating the right temperature during and after the firing process and determining the appropriate amount of firing time was paramount to achieving rich red vibrant tones. The revival of copper-red which was successfully produced during the Ming dynasty, is largely attributed to Lang Tingji, director of the Jingdezhen official kilns between 1705-1712. The term 'Langyao' is largely believed to be derived from his name: see N.Wood, Chinese Glazes: Their Origins, Chemistry, and Recreation, London, 1999, p.181.
郎窯紅釉對燒造過程中的氣氛、溫度等技術要求非常高,燒製難度極高,可見此器之珍貴。有關「郎窯」一詞的出處,可參閱N.Wood著,《Chinese Glazes: Their Origins, Chemistry, and Recreation》,倫敦,1999年,頁181。
