Lot 18. A rare Guan-type jardinière, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644); 5 ¾ in. (14.1 cm.) wide. Estimate GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000 (USD 10,280 - USD 15,420). Price realised GBP 43,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.

The jardinière is elegantly potted with sides rising from four foliate-form feet towards an everted mouth rim. The body is covered overall with a pale brownish-grey glaze suffused with a network of black and russet crackles.

Note: Compare the present lot to a Guan vessel in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated by Li Huibing in Songdai Guan yao ciqi/Official Kiln Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Beijing, 2013, pl. 53, and another in the Taipei National Palace Museum, included in the exhibition Precious Morning Star: 12-14th Century Celadons in the Qing Court Collection, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2016, cat. no. IV-11. Also see a Guan lobed jardiniere dated to the Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty from the Collection of Mrs Alfred Clark (1890-1976), illustrated by Sir Percival David, Chinese Connoisseurship: The Ko Ku Yao Lun. The Essential Criteria of Antiquities, New York, 1971, pl. 22d, and sold at Sotheby's London, 25 March 1975, lot 102, then again at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 April 2019, lot 105.

From the Collection of Mrs Alfred Clark (1890-1976). A rare Guan lobed jardinière, Southern Song – Yuan dynasty (1127-1368); 15 cm, 5 7/8  in. Sold for 38,514,000 HKD (4,960,988 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. 

Cf. my post: Six Treasures from an Important Private Collection at Sotheby's Hong Kong 3 april 2019

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 5 November 2019