Lot 69. A 'Longquan' celadon vase, Song dynasty (960-1279). Height 5 5/8  in., 14.3 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 43,750 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

the pear-shape body rising from a short straight foot to a tall cylindrical neck and everted rim, covered inside and out with a milky bluish-green glaze thinning to a paler hue at the lip, the unglazed footrim fired to a light orange. 

Note: See a related Longquan celadon vase, from the collection of Mrs. Alfred Clark and Edward T. Chow, sold in our London rooms, 16th December 1980, lot 299, and  illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection,London, vol. 1, 1994, no. 555. See another related vase in the Muwen Tang collection and included in the exhibition Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no. 60. See also two vases of similar form sold in our London rooms, 7th June 2000, lot 114 and 16th May 2007, lot 205.

Sotheby's. Song Tradition: Early Ceramics from the Yang De Tang Collection. New York, 17 march 2015, 11:00 AM