A 'Guan'-type 'Longquan' celadon waterpot, Song dynasty. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's

the rounded body rising from three short cabriole legs to a short neck, covered inside and out with a pale gray-green glaze suffused with russet crackle, the feet unglazed revealing the black body, wood stand (2). Height 2 5/8  in., 6.7 cm

Provenance: Collection of Kenneth Shores (1928-2014), Portland, Oregon. 

Note: See a similar waterpot sold in these rooms, 17th-18th March 2015, lot 183. Two related Jiaotanxia Guanyao waterpots of similar form were sold in our London rooms, one with a stopper, 7th June 1994, lot 298, and one without, 9th June 1992, lot 136. 

Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 19 sept. 2015