A JUN-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE ON STAND

Description:

China, possibly Jin/ Yuan dynasty
H. 20,2 cm
Formerly Collection Jürgen L. Fischer (d. 2013), Baden-Baden - Published: Jürgen L. Fischer, Chinese Art, Munich 1998, p. 112
This belongs to a characteristic group of Junyao vases standing on openwork bases imitating stands with cabriole legs. A slightly larger related vase by but with wide inverted rim and fish-shaped handles, was sold as lot 170 at Sotheby's London on 9 June 1987. Cf. a similar vase included in the exhibition Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no. 48 - The stand with very minor restorations