A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT GUAN-TYPE LONGQUAN CELADON HU-SHAPED VASE, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT GUAN-TYPE LONGQUAN CELADON HU-SHAPED VASE
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The pear-shaped body of oval section is divided into four horizontal registers which have raised vertical ridges on four sides simulating the flanges of archaic bronze vessels, and is flanked by two lug handles. The vase is covered overall with a lustrous glaze of bluish-green tone, suffused with extensive ice crackles and a wider network of gold crackles.
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high, Japanese triple wood box

Provenance
The Ataka Collection.

Literature
Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, Bi no bi ten (The Beauty of Beauty Exhibition), no. 6, Tokyo, 1967.
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp. 182-183, no. 79

Exhibited
Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, Bi no bi ten (The Beauty of Beauty Exhibition), no. 6, Tokyo Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Department Store, 29 August to 3 September 1967.
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013.