Chinese Guan Form Vase

Small sky-blue vase with tube handles and crackle like frozen puddles.

This guan form vase from Nanyang, Henan Province is from Nanyang, Henan Province, China, and is contemporary. It is egg shell & nanyang porcelain. Henan Province is home to several historic kiln traditions, and Nanyang has long been known as a place where ceramics and jade are worked. Faceted vase with a flared multi-sided mouth, two small rectangular handles at the shoulder and a pear-shaped body on a short footed base. The pale blue glaze is covered in fine crackle. It is 3 inches wide, 3 deep and 5.25 high.

Small, cool and impeccably symmetrical from every side.