宋 龍泉官式三足水丞

the rounded body rising from three short cabriole legs to a short neck, covered inside and out with a pale gray-green glaze suffused with russet crackle, the feet unglazed revealing the black body, wood stand (2)

Kenneth Shores (1928-2014) 收藏，波特蘭，俄勒岡州

Most of the neck is missing, there are chips to two feet, and the third has been off and reattached.
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See a similar waterpot sold in these rooms, 17th-18th March 2015, lot 183. Two related Jiaotanxia Guanyao waterpots of similar form were sold in our London rooms, one with a stopper, 7th June 1994, lot 298, and one without, 9th June 1992, lot 136.