A celadon glaze bottle vase, Early Ming dynasty. Photo courtesy Uppsala Auktion.

Rounded body rising to a bottle neck with a bulbous lobed garlic-bulb lip, covered overall in milky white glaze finishing at the foot revealing an unglazed base. Height: 14 cm. Estimate: SEK 3.000 - 4.000 (EUR 330 - 440). Hammer price: SEK 2.000

Provenance: Axel Lagrelius (1863‑1944). Thence by descent.

Translation from Lagrelius’s original collection catalogue;
No. 10: A porcelain vase garlic bulb near the mouth. The base unglazed and with numerous grains of sand attached. The rest covered by a pale grey glaze. Height 13.5 cm. Song – Early Ming.

Uppsala Auktion, 13 june 2014. www.uppsalaauktion.se