Stoneware with eggshell-beige colored craquelé glaze. China, Southern Song Dynasty (1126–1279)/Yuan Dynasty (1279- 1368)

Bulbous vase of ovoid form with elegantly articulated short neck and thickened yet exactly regular lip. The wall with an oily shimmering craquelé glaze, consisting of two overlapping nets ('gold thread and iron wire' craquelé), a fine underlying craquelé net of lighter grey color and a darker wide-meshed craquelé. Partly irregularly running glaze finish at the foot. Unglazed ring stand and slightly recessed base with potter's marks. On the base an inscribed collection's number 'M24606' and old collector's label 'E&J FRANKEL COLL.'

Shape: Ovoid shape with articulated neck and thickened lip
Dimensions: 31,5 cm (height), 6,5 cm (inner diameter of the mouth)
Condition: Overall good condition, minimal traces of age and use, small flaws in the glaze as a result of the production process
Provenance: Ex Frankel Collection (New York), ex Vermeer Collection (Canada)
Literature Comparison: Compare the present piece with a lobed bowl with a very similar 'gold thread and iron wire' glaze of subtle oily quality in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, former collection of Stephen Wootton Bushell (1844-1908), museum number '717-1883', published in Rose Kerr: Song dynasty ceramics. London 2004, plate 86. See also another 'Guan' lobed dish, dated into the Yuan Dynasty in the collection of the British Museum, London, museum number PDF.69, former Sir Percival David Collection and published in Stacey Pierson: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: >A Guide to the Collection, London 2002, p. 52, no. 31.

宋元官窯卵形瓶
炻器，蛋殼米色開片釉
中國，南宋(1126–1279)至元代 (1279-1368)

卵形花瓶，頸部短而優雅，通常瓶唇。瓶身釉面油亮開片，金絲鐵綫呈細
膩的淺灰色和深色。足部釉層局部不均匀。底足未上釉。底足上有老藏
家的藏品號M24606和名字E&J FRANKEL COLL。
形狀：卵形，短頸厚唇
尺寸：31,5厘米 (高)；6,5厘米（瓶口直徑）
總體品相良好，輕微年代和使用痕跡，有製作過程中的小缺陷

曾經的紐約Frankel收藏，加拿大Vermeer收藏
文獻比較：比較倫敦Victoria & Albert Museum博物館裏Stephen
Wootton Bushell (1844-1908)收藏中的相似的金絲鐵綫碗，館藏目錄
號717-1883，出版于Rose Kerr: Song dynasty ceramics. 倫敦 2004, 插
圖 86. 另外相似的元代官窯盤被收藏于倫敦大不列顛博物館，館藏
號number PDF.69，之前的Percival David收藏，出版于Stacey Pierson:
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection，
倫敦2002年，52頁，31號。