Globular Bottle with Long, Straight Neck
late 17th–early 18th century, Kangxi era (1661–1722)
Description
A small globular bottle with a long, straight neck. The body has been glazed with a crackled monochrome glaze with a crushed strawberry color. The interior of the foot is coated with a pale blue glaze and bears an oval sticker and a rectangular sticker. The footring is unglazed, and the neck has been cut or filed down so that the cross-section of the body and red glaze are visible.
Dimensions
H. 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Arthur and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, MA (by 2020), bequest; to the Harvard Art Museums.
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