A Kangxi Blue and White Reticulated Porcelain Vase and Cover.

Kangxi 1662 - 1722.

A Kangxi Blue and White Reticulated Porcelain Vase and Cover, Jingdezhen Kilns, China. This very heavy facetted blue and white vase and cover has an outer reticulated (pierced, cut) decoration which allows you to see through to a much smaller inner section which is in essence a porcelain tube. This inner tube of porcelain is also decorated in cobalt blue. It is joined to the body at the bottom, at the top it is joined at the inside of the neck, you can clearly see tool marks where it was luted together. Vases of this type were made as part of a garniture of five vases. This well made Kangxi vase has a honey comb design with the addition of areas left for flowering branches. Pieces like this were difficult to produce, as the tensions within the clay could pull and push causing firing faults or worse. The blue is very clear and bright.

 

 

Linglong / Reticulated Porcelain :
The present piece is an example of what can be referred to as `reticulated` porcelain, reticulated meaning having the form or appearance of a net, it was used as early the beginning of the 18th Century by the famous Père Francois Xavier d`Entrecolles (1664-1741) to describe this type of work on porcelain. Another popular term for this type of pierced or cut decoration is `Devils Work` or Guigong. However the Chinese term Linglong is gradually replacing the previous terms, helped by the publication of Jorge Welsh’s book `Linglong` (Jorge Welsh,London,2004.ISBN 972-99045-2-9). There does not seem to be any difference in the use of terms between the free standing pierced porcelain or that supported by an inner wall, nor a distinction made between the most refined work or the type with larger cut-out sections of porcelain.

 

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Condition
In excellent condition, no damage.
Size
Height 27.2 cm (10.7 inches).
Provenance
From a Private American Collection.
Stock number
27558

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Linglong / Reticulated Porcelain :
The present piece is an example of what can be referred to as `reticulated` porcelain, reticulated meaning having the form or appearance of a net, it was used as early the beginning of the 18th Century by the famous Père Francois Xavier d`Entrecolles (1664-1741) to describe this type of work on porcelain. Another popular term for this type of pierced or cut decoration is `Devils Work` or Guigong. However the Chinese term Linglong is gradually replacing the previous terms, helped by the publication of Jorge Welsh's book `Linglong` (Jorge Welsh,London,2004.ISBN 972-99045-2-9). There does not seem to be any difference in the use of terms between the free standing pierced porcelain or that supported by an inner wall, nor a distinction made between the most refined work or the type with larger cut-out sections of porcelain.

 

Kangxi Blue and White Linglong / Reticulated Porcelain :

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An Usual Kangxi Blue and White Linglong Rosewater Sprinkler c.1690-1720.SOLD Condition In very good condition, a tiny piece of the reticulation is repaired (see the photograph of it prior to repair). Size Height : 15.1 cm (6 inches) Provenance N/A Stock number 24368
An Usual Kangxi Blue and White Linglong Rosewater Sprinkler c.1690-1720.
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Condition
In very good condition, a tiny piece of the reticulation is repaired (see the photograph of it prior to repair).
Size
Height : 15.1 cm (6 inches).
Stock number
24368

 

A Kangxi Blue and White Export Porcelain Reticulated Plate c.1690-1720. Objects of this type would have been much more expensive at the time they were made, it involved extra highly skilled work and there would have been more wastage as the cut decoration means they firing process would be more likely to fail. The center is decorated in rich tones of cobalt blue with aquatic plant in water, the border has three cut through panels leaving porcelain in the form of the emblem for wealth, cash. There are four painted panels of flowering plants and a diaper border. The reverse has four ‘Precious Objects’ tied with ribbon. The base has a snail mark. The present piece is an example of what can be referred to as `reticulated` porcelain, reticulated meaning having the form or appearance of a net, it was used as early the beginning of the 18th Century by the famous Père Francois Xavier d`Entrecolles (1664-1741) to describe this type of work on porcelain. Another popular term for this type of pierced or cut decoration is `Devils Work` or Guigong. However the Chinese term Linglong is gradually replacing the previous terms, helped by the publication of Jorge Welsh`s book `Linglong` (Jorge Welsh,London,2004.ISBN 972-99045-2-9). There does not seem to be any difference in the use of terms between the free standing pierced porcelain or that supported by an inner wall, nor a distinction made between the most refined work or the type with larger cut-out sections of porcelain.SOLD Condition In very good condition, some fritting. Warped. Size 21 cm (8 1/4 inches) Provenance N/A Stock number 26554 References For a Kangxi dish of this design in the Groningen Museum, Groningen, Netherlands see : `Linglong` (Jorge Welsh,London,2004.ISBN 972-99045-2-9) page 19, figure 3.
A Kangxi Blue and White Export Porcelain Reticulated Plate c.1690-1720. Objects of this type would have been much more expensive at the time they were made, it involved extra highly skilled work and there would have been more wastage as the cut decoration means they firing process would be more likely to fail. The center is decorated in rich tones of cobalt blue with aquatic plant in water, the border has three cut through panels leaving porcelain in the form of the emblem for wealth, cash. There are four painted panels of flowering plants and a diaper border. The reverse has four ‘Precious Objects’ tied with ribbon. The base has a snail mark. The present piece is an example of what can be referred to as `reticulated` porcelain, reticulated meaning having the form or appearance of a net, it was used as early the beginning of the 18th Century by the famous Père Francois Xavier d`Entrecolles (1664-1741) to describe this type of work on porcelain. Another popular term for this type of pierced or cut decoration is `Devils Work` or Guigong. However the Chinese term Linglong is gradually replacing the previous terms, helped by the publication of Jorge Welsh`s book `Linglong` (Jorge Welsh,London,2004.ISBN 972-99045-2-9). There does not seem to be any difference in the use of terms between the free standing pierced porcelain or that supported by an inner wall, nor a distinction made between the most refined work or the type with larger cut-out sections of porcelain.
SOLD
Condition
In very good condition, some fritting. Warped.
Size
21 cm (8 1/4 inches)
Provenance
N/A
Stock number
26554
References
For a Kangxi dish of this design in the Groningen Museum, Groningen, Netherlands see : `Linglong` (Jorge Welsh,London,2004.ISBN 972-99045-2-9) page 19, figure 3.