A cylindrical shape tapering up to a flat-rimmed mouth, on either side and raised on three short cabriole legs, covered in a creme-grayish glaze with a brownish hue on one side, with a single network of wide dark grey crackles along the surfaces, and darker lining to the top of rim.
Prob. Song Dynasty Period.


Dimension: 3-1/8" H x 5" W

LOT NOTES

Guan (Wade Giles : kuan) ware, literally means "official" ware; so certain Ru, Jun, and even Ding could be considered Guan in the broad sense of being produced for the court. Strictly speaking, however, the term only applies to that produced by an official, imperially run kiln, which did not start until the Southern Song fled the advancing Jin and settled at Lin'an. It was during this period that walls become so thin and glaze so thick that the latter superseded the former in breadth. As the clay in the foothills around Lin'an, was a brownish color, and the glaze so viscous.[36]

Excellent

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