A SMALL GUAN-TYPE VASE, HU YUAN DYNASTY delicately potted, of archaic bronze form, the pear-shaped body of rounded rectangular section subtly moulded with a raised panel on each side, rising from a short slightly splayed foot to a quatrefoil rim set with a pair of small lug handles, applied overall with a very smooth caesious-coloured glaze finely streaked with a random matrix of dark grey and pale brown crackles, draining to a dark grey tone around the rim and lugs and stopping neatly above the foot revealing the greyish-brown body, the footring pierced on the two narrow sides, the interior and the recessed base glazed 10.5 cm., 4 1/8 in.
A SMALL GUAN-TYPE VASE, HU YUAN DYNASTY delicately potted, of archaic bronze form, the pear-shaped body of rounded rectangular section subtly moulded with a raised panel on each side, rising from a short slightly splayed foot to a quatrefoil rim set with a pair of small lug handles, applied overall with a very smooth caesious-coloured glaze finely streaked with a random matrix of dark grey and pale brown crackles, draining to a dark grey tone around the rim and lugs and stopping neatly above the foot revealing the greyish-brown body, the footring pierced on the two narrow sides, the interior and the recessed base glazed 10.5 cm., 4 1/8 in.
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