元/明 仿官釉長方花盆YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)元/明 仿官釉長方花盆5 ¾ in. (14.1 cm.) wideCompare the present lot to a Guan vessel in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 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 National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the exhibition Precious Morning Star: 12-14th Century Celadons in the Qing Court Collection, Taipei, 2016, Catalogue, no. IV-11. Also see a Guan lobed jardinière 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.Details A RARE GUAN-TYPE JARDINIÈREYUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)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.5 ¾ in. (14.1 cm.) wide Provenance Sold at Christies London, 5 November 2019, lot 18 Conditions of sale