Lot 60. A rare moulded 'Longquan' celadon ring-handled vase, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 35 cm, 13 3/4  in. Est: £40,000 - £60,000. © Sotheby's.

the pear-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall trumpet neck set with a pair of mask-headed handles suspending fixed rings, moulded around the body with a wide band of scrolling peonies above a border of upright lotus lappets, covered overall with a bluish-green glaze suffused with a fine network of crackles.

Provenance: Manno Museum of Art, Osaka, no. 1535.