Bottle

Also known as the sang de boeuf glaze or the langyao-hong ("lang-kiln red"), the glaze was a high fired, copper red of the lang kiln. Used mostly on decorative bottles or vases, glaze was applied to the vessel either once or twice. On both, the bright red shows through the crazed, glassy surface of the glaze, revealing a straw color around the neck where the glaze is thinner and pooling in thick drops around the foot. The glaze drips on the foot were left in the natural formation or were trimmed to a flat edge. The majority of such wares have no reign marks, though some have characters of happiness, longevity, or the Xuande reign mark.