A small celadon-glazed meiping and stand, Yuan dynasty | 元 青釉小梅瓶連座

A small celadon-glazed meiping and stand

Yuan dynasty

元 青釉小梅瓶連座

the vase with a narrow base sweeping into broad rounded shoulders, surmounted by a cylindrical waisted neck and flared rim, the stool-form stand with a shaped apron pierced with three circular apertures and surmounted by a flat everted rim, the apron forming brackets between the four tapering legs themselves resting on a circular stretcher supported by four ruyi-form feet, all covered in an unctuous pale olive-green glaze, the bases unglazed to reveal the buff gray body (2)

Height of meiping 4¾ in., 12.1 cm