Lot 574. A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed vase, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 21cm., 8 1/4 in. Estimate 300—500 GBP. Lot sold 5,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008

of robustly-potted pear shape, rising from a short spreading foot to a tall trumpet neck, set at the shoulder with a pair of elephant-head handles suspending fixed rings, covered overall in a bluish-green glaze. 

Provenance: Peter Boode, London (according to label).

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 153.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 05 Nov 08.