A Chinese porcelain vase, with globular body and tall, cylindrical neck, the recessed base with crazed, greenish-tinged glaze. The glaze is of a rich strawberry tint, with occasional darker streaks, fading to almost clear white at the mouth.

While the rare copper-red glazes of the early Ming period underwent a revival at the court of Kangxi (1662–1722), the period is better known in the West for its creation of the strikingly brilliant sang-de-boeuf wares. These are subject to uneven effects of colour owing to the fugitive quality inherent in the medium. Later in the eighteenth century, it resulted also in the making of flambé wares with purplish markings, which are at times due to the deliberate addition of cobalt blue.

Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume II.