A SMALL IRON-SPOTTED QINGBAI HU VASE, SONG TO YUAN DYNASTY
China, 960-1368. The small vase with bulbous body rising to a wide neck and lipped mouth, covered with a pale grayish-green glaze daubed with spots of iron brown, stopping unevenly at the unglazed foot, thus revealing the buff ware.

Provenance: Estate of Sear Hang Hwie Pao (1937-2009). Pao was one of Canada's leading dealers of Chinese porcelain and works of art. His antique store, Pao & Moltke Ltd., owned together with his wife Mrs. von Moltke, who descended from a German and Danish noble family, was a fixture in Toronto's trendy Yorkville area from the 1980s to early 2000s.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, such as firing cracks and dark spots, few small chips to foot. Overall exactly as expected and commensurate with age.

Weight: 155.1 g
Dimensions: Height 12.2 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related Qingbai iron-spotted vase, also dated Song to Yuan dynasty, at Christie's New York in The Art of China: Winter Edition on 5 December 2019, lot 99, sold for USD 4,000.

宋至元青白鉄斑小瓶
中國，960-1368年。小瓶高頸闊口，鼓腹，淡灰綠色釉，鐵褐色斑點。瓶足露胎，可見淺黃色胎。

來源：Sear Hang Hwie Pao (1937-2009) 遺產。Pao是加拿大中國瓷器和藝術品的主要經銷商之一。 他和妻子創立了Pao＆Moltke Ltd古玩店，他們的古玩店從1980年代到2000年代初期曾是多倫多時尚的Yorkville地區的熱門店鋪。
品相： 品相極好，有輕微的磨損和燒製缺陷，如燒製裂紋和黑點，局部小開片。 總體上符合預期並且與年齡相稱。

重量：155.1 克
尺寸：高12.2 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件相近的青白鉄斑小瓶，同樣為宋至元，見紐約佳士得The Art of China: Winter Edition 2019年12月5日 lot 99, 售價USD 4,000.