A Junyao moon-white glazed vase, probably Yuan Dynasty A beautiful Junyao pear-shaped vase with a waisted long neck which flares slightly towards the mouth. Covered with an opaque, thick moon-white glaze with craquelure on the pear-shaped body. The glaze is thinning to mushroom color on the edge of the everted mouth rim. Intact. No cracks, no chips! Height 24.5 cm. Vases are rare among Jun wares, possibly because of the difficulties inherent in firing them successfully. While a few Meiping vases are known from the later period, essentially two main vase forms were made in the Song and Jin periods. These are both pear-shaped vases, one with a waisted neck which flares slightly towards the mouth, and the other with an almost cylindrical neck which is everted at the mouth. This vase from the private collection of F. S. in Nuremberg is of the first type. It is, however, interesting not only for its rarity, but because it is particularly well potted, has a soft moon-white glaze, and has adopted a form associated with the imperial Ru wares. Provenance: From the estate of the private collection F. S., Nuremberg (Germany), acquired in the 1960s/1970s in London (UK).Condition: II +