A 'LONGQUAN' 'GUAN-TYPE' BOTTLE VASE SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

the globular body rising from a short tapering foot to a tall cylindrical neck with everted rolled rim, covered overall in an olive-green glaze suffused with a matrix of crackles, 15.2cm., 6in; together with two celadon-glazed jars

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 97, 71 and 184.

Chinese Ceramic Treasures. A Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including the Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 320 (vase).

Bottle vase: In good overall condition with old chips on the foot rim, the largest 1 cm wide, and another area with a series of smaller chips totaling 2 cm. One small indentation on the mouth, original to the firing. The color is too washed out in the catalogue image; it is slightly more green-olive. Jar featured on left side of catalogue image: Good overall condition with very minor surface abrasions. Jar featured on right side of catalogue image: Good overall condition. Two very small chips on the foot, the largest 0.4 cm wide.
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