A rare and very large Chinese copper red-glazed 'Langyao' rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
清康熙 郎窯紅釉棒槌瓶

Formed with a gently tapering body rising to a tall cylindrical neck terminating in a protruding rim, decorated with a copper-red glaze that pools at the foot and thins to a mushroom tone at the rim, the interior with a cream-coloured glaze that pools to a bluish tone, the base covered with a crackled cream-coloured glaze, with fitted box

(Quantity:2)

Dimensions: 76.5cm high

Galerie Valérie Levesque, Paris

來源：

Valérie Levesque 畫廊，巴黎

The result of C-Link Research & Development Limited thermoluminescence test no.5317GK78 (25 Oct 2018) is consistent with the dating of this lot.

The present lot is a particularly rare example of Kangxi-era langyao vase, with most pieces from this period being of baluster form, rather than the large-scale rouleau form seen here. This period saw a revival of the copper-red glaze, with the master craftsmen at the kilns in Jingdezhen attempting to recreate the lost formula that gave rise to the monochrome ceramics of the Xuande period. The term langyao makes reference to Lang Tingji (1663-1715), who supervised the production at this time.

There are other examples of Kangxi rouleau vases of this size, all with differing decoration. For some famille-verte examples, see a large rouleau vase offered at Sotheby's New York, The Jie Rui Tang Collection, 20 March 2018, lot 322; Christie’s New York, 15th September 2016, lot 870; and another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913, 14.40.83. For a powder-blue example see Bonhams London, 11th May 2017, lot lot 213. For a blue and white example, see Bonhams London, 8th November 2012, lot 42.

此件郎窯紅釉瓶體量宏大，呈棒槌瓶形，在康熙朝同類器物中實屬罕見。彼時郎窯紅器多見鳳尾尊或觀音尊，如本品般大尺寸之棒槌瓶殊為難得。康熙時期，景德鎮御窯廠工匠致力於恢復明宣德時期失傳的銅紅釉配方，在督窯官郎廷極（1663-1715）的主持下，終成此色澤濃艷、如初凝牛血般瑰麗的郎窯紅。

康熙朝同類尺寸之棒槌瓶雖有存世，然多見青花或五彩裝飾，單色郎窯紅釉者極稀。可參閱以下大尺寸棒槌瓶實例：

五彩例作：

蘇富比紐約，「杰瑞堂」專場，2018年3月20日，拍品 322；

佳士得紐約，2016年9月15日，拍品 870；

紐約大都會藝術博物館，1913年班傑明·奧特曼遺贈，館藏編號 14.40.83

灑藍釉例作：

倫敦邦瀚斯，2017年5月11日，拍品 213

青花例作：

倫敦邦瀚斯，2012年11月8日，拍品 42