Lot 730. A 'Guan'-type bottle vase, Yuan-Ming dynasty . Height 9 7/8  in., 25. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 8,750 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the pear-shaped body rising from a short tapering foot to a tall cylindrical neck with lipped rim, covered overall with a pale beige glaze suffused with a matrix of golden crackles.

Provenance: Collection of Russell M. Tyson (1867-1963).
Bequest to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in 1964 (acc. no. 1964.1077).

Sotheby's.  Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 september 2019