Lot 393. A celadon-glazed waterpot and dropper, Song dynasty, 10.2 cm, 4 in. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,000,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.

with the globular body rising from three short cabriole legs, covered overall with a pale greyish-celadon glaze, the feet unglazed revealing the dark grey stoneware body

Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong on 7th May 1988. 

Note: Two related waterpots of similar form from the Jiaotanxia kilns were sold in our London rooms, one with a dropper, 7th June 1994, lot 298, and one without, 9th June 1992, lot 136. See also a Longquan 'Guan-imitation' example, from the collection of Mizuno Seiichi, sold in our New York rooms, 17th-18th March 2015, lot 183.

A 'Guan'-type 'Longquan' celadon waterpot and a stopper, Song dynasty, 3 1/4  in., 8.2 cm. Sold for 65,000 USD at Sotheby's, New York, 17th-18th March 2015, lot 183. Photo: Sotheby's.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 01 Jun 2017