A Chinese small guan-type vase , of archaistic hu form, the pear-shaped four-sided vase tapering to the neck, flanked by a pair of tubular handles, applied overall in a thick pale bluish-grey glaze suffused with a bold steel grey crackles stopping at the unglazed foot ring dressed in a dark brown wash in imitation of Song dynasty guan ware, 8.5cm high minor firing faults