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Lot Essay
Vases of this form, with the raised encircling lines at the junction of shoulder and neck and the second-lowest line on the body appear to be linked to luting lines. The fine, raised lines give the shape one of its Chinese names, xianwen ping, meaning 'string pattern vase'.
Although the neck of this vase is reduced, other known similar examples give an idea of the complete shape of this type of wares.
Such vases are seen with two slightly different mouth rim types. Some, like the one sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 1 November 2004, lot 806, have narrow mouths with sharply inverted rims ; others like the one from the Falk collection, sold in our New York Rooms, 16 October 2001 (catalogue dated 20 September 2001) have broader mouths which are shallowly dished.
Vases of this form have been excavated at Jinyucun, Suining City, Sichuan Province in 1991 and from kiln sites in the Longquan area, such as the example illustrated in Longquan Qingci Yanjiu, Beijing, 1989, pl.41, fig.1.
See other 'bamboo-neck' vases, one from the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II) - The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1996, no.103 ; another one is illustrated in He LI, Chinese Ceramics, The New Standard Guide, Singapore 1996, p.158, pl.274.
Although the neck of this vase is reduced, other known similar examples give an idea of the complete shape of this type of wares.
Such vases are seen with two slightly different mouth rim types. Some, like the one sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 1 November 2004, lot 806, have narrow mouths with sharply inverted rims ; others like the one from the Falk collection, sold in our New York Rooms, 16 October 2001 (catalogue dated 20 September 2001) have broader mouths which are shallowly dished.
Vases of this form have been excavated at Jinyucun, Suining City, Sichuan Province in 1991 and from kiln sites in the Longquan area, such as the example illustrated in Longquan Qingci Yanjiu, Beijing, 1989, pl.41, fig.1.
See other 'bamboo-neck' vases, one from the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II) - The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1996, no.103 ; another one is illustrated in He LI, Chinese Ceramics, The New Standard Guide, Singapore 1996, p.158, pl.274.