A GUAN-TYPE BOTTLE VASE
A GUAN-TYPE BOTTLE VASE

YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

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A GUAN-TYPE BOTTLE VASE
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The vase has a compressed globular body and long cylindrical neck, and is covered inside and out with a thick crackled glaze of pale, milky, grey-blue tone, thinning to lavender color at the mouth rim and pooling in drops at the unglazed foot to expose the dark body. The base is similarly glazed.
6 ¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high, cloth box
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 12 May 2010, lot 49.
Sotheby's London, 9 November 2016, lot 119.

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