NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

A Guan flower vase dated to the Southern Song dynasty of similar form, also decorated with raised flanges around the body is illustrated in Precious as the Morning Star: 12th-14th Century Celadons in the Qing Court Collection, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2016, p. 162. A Yaozhou flower vase of similar rounded form is illustrated in Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Yoshuyo/The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Osaka, 1997, p. 57