Longquan Ice-Crackle Glaze Vase - China, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), in the form of an ancient ritual bronze wine cup (Gu), covered with a translucent glaze of pale beige to reddish brown tone showing dense ‘ice-crackle’ throughout, the edge of the foot left unglazed and painted in brown-black, H.ca.13cm (51/8 in.) / Dm. ca.11cm (43/8 in.), a hole was drilled in its base, some minor damage to the glaze, in a fitted collector’s box, Provenance: Private Collection China / Japan, listed in "A Dream of Ancient Porcelain: Porcelain Treasures of Song Dynasty, Collected at Ahu Belvedere", 2018, pp. 220-223 (catalogue only available in Chinese) Longquan-Vase in Gu-Form - China, Südliche Song-Dynastie (1127-1279), in Form eines alten Bronze-Weinbechers, bedeckt mit einer durchscheinenden Glasur in hellen Beige- bis Rotbraun-Tönen mit durchgehender dichter "Geborstenes Eis"-Struktur", unglasierter Standring braun-schwarz bemalt, H. ca.13cm / Dm. ca.11cm, Boden durchbohrt, wobei der Scherben freigelegt wurde, einige Glasurschäden, in angepasster alter Sammlerbox, Provenienz: Privatsammlung China/Japan, abgebildet in „A Dream of Ancient Porcelain: Porcelain Treasures of Song Dynasty, Collected at Ahu Belvedere“, 2018, S.220-223 (Katalog nur in chinesischer Sprache)