Lot 613. A rare 'Longquan' celadon-glazed pear-shaped vase, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368). Height 10 3/8  in., 26.3 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the petal-lobed sides rising elegantly to the flaring trumpet neck with bracket-lobed mouth simulating a morning glory blossom, flanked by a pair of hook handles suspending fixed rings, all under a sea-green glaze thinning at the ribs. 

Note: A Longquan celadon vase attributed to the Song / Yuan dynasty, of similar form and size but with dragon-head handles, is illustrated in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, Chang Foundation, Taiwan, 1990, pl. 62. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 20 march 2019