Chinese Garlic Form Vase

A garlic bulb for a neck, a lobed body for a belly.

Porcelain makers of Zhejiang Province, China, produced this garlic form vase in the 20th century. The garlic-head neck is a classic Chinese vase shape, commonly seen in Song-inspired celadon wares. The body is divided into rounded vertical lobes, with a long neck and a bulbed mouth. A crackled glaze in soft, buttery gray-green covers the whole surface, with fine dark lines picked out in the crazing and a darker foot rim.

About nine inches tall. It turns a plain shelf into a collection.