Lot 2104. A Longquan celadon pear-shaped vase, Southern Song dynasty (1125-1279); 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price Realized USD 16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014. 

The vase has a bulbous body that tapers to a wide neck that rises to a shallow, rounded rim, and is covered allover and inside the foot with a glaze of soft, slightly greyish sea-green color, Japanese wood box

Note: Two similar Longquan celadon vases, but of slightly smaller size (15 and 15.5 cm.), are illustrated by Bo Gyllensvärd in Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, p. 50, nos. 96 and 97, respectively.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 20 - 21 March 2014