龍泉窰青釉弦紋雙耳銜環瓶

Vases of this form that are without added decorative features are quite rare and this example, reminiscent of earlier Song dynasty examples, beautifully shows off the luster and colour of the Longquan glaze.

For a vase of this shape, carved with flowers and with more elaborate monster-mask and mock-ring handles, see the example in the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Age of The Great Khan, Pluralism in Chinese Art and Culture Under the Mongols, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, p. 145, pl. IV-42.