comprised of a compressed globular-form jar and cover, the fitted cover with a molded lotus flower, all covered in a crackle-suffused bluish-green glaze; a 'Longquan' celadon tobi seiji stem cup, wood stand; and a Guan-type pear-shaped ewer with grayish-green crackled glaze, wood stand (6)

The stem cup: Walter Hochstader, New York, 1942. Falk Collection no. 188.
The ewer: Falk Collection no. 176.
Collection of Pauline B. (1910-2000) and Myron S. (1906-1992) Falk Jr., New York, no. 176.
Christie's New York, 21st September 2001, lot 475.

The ewer: Early Chinese Miniatures, China Institute of America /China House Gallery, New York, 1977, cat. no. 200.

The jar with minor chips to the rims of the vessel and the cover. The stemcup with restoration to the rim (approx. 1.4 x 3.5 cm), a partially restored frit to the exterior (approx. 1 x 3.2 cm), and a hairline crack descending from the rim (approx. 4 cm). The ewer missing the cover, and with restoration to the entire handle and to two circular areas at the lower body (diameter of each approx. 2 cm).
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