black glazed vase.

[Stan]

Hi Peter, sorry I do not have any photos, but I am thinking of purchasing a vase that has a all black glaze with a Kangxi mark, it has all the age signs and the black glaze is a drip glaze, did they have black glazed vases that was dripped on back then, the shape is a traditional shape, the glaze inside is white and the bottom is white with a double blue circle with a  six character Kangxi mark, your help would be appreciated.

[peterp]

Difficult to know what you have, but I would advise against buying it.
Firstly, all black items were relatively rare then. You are more likely getting a later item. And then, too much depends on factors like the hue of blue, white, etc. with monochrome items. And, without using a magnifier on the glaze, it may be difficult to tell if it is a newer glaze or not.

[Stan]

Hi Peter, last night I went to the local auction where they had 3 mirrored black vases being auctioned as a group, all three are 19th century but the one that is marked with a Kangxi mark looks older than the other two, these came from the same place as the hu form vases I posted, there was another hu form vase that I was hoping to get but it sold for $11,000. I did not have a chance, there was some other chinese objects, like bronze sculptures and unbelievable wood carvings that I have only seen at Christies, The Chinese buyers were out in force, the black vases was the only thing that I was able to get and they were not cheap, all three vase are good size 2 of them are 57.15 cm tall and the Kangxi vase is 44.45 cm tall, under a loop the kangxi vase has gold flakes in the pores. not seen with the necked eye and the bubbles seem to be sporadic from large to small, I did not look that closely at the other two because I was mainly interested in the one marked Kangxi, I will be picking them up on friday and will post one at a time, the Kangxi marked vase first, thank you for giving me a word of caution before I went to the auction.

[Stan]

Hi Peter, as you know I did purchase these vases, I paid $1100.00 for all three, looking at these vases, studying them, I feel I got a great deal, I have never seen vases like these and they came out of a well known collectors estate that passed away, I just wanted to let you know that you have given me the tools to make good decisions, I do know that they are at least 19th century and if they turn out to be older I am way ahead of the game, Thanks Much Stan.

[peterp]

Hi Stan,
The highly reflective glaze and the condition of the foot rim makes late Qing dynasty more likely.
Black Kangxi glazes are frequently dull, not sure about this type of glaze.

[Stan]

Hi Peter, I noticed the ones on Christies has a shiny glaze to and they are saying 18th century, not the one with the Kangxi mark but the other black glaze vase I was amazed to find one so close in size color, shape and the same double embossed ring.