white glazed bottle vase, Sui Dynasty (581 - 618)

Dimensions:

  17.00cm high (  6.69 inches high)



The rare vase with a long neck and everted rim, based on a contemporary metal shape covered in a creamy white glaze stopping short of the flat base.

ref.no.4613


Literature:
For s similarly shaped vase with Sancai colours see Knapp: The Worlds's Great Collections, Vol.9 The Freer Gallery of Art, Kodansha Tokyo, No.13

A similar white-glazed bottle , a Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton, Accession No.2000.83.1 , is exhibited in the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Condition:
excellent