Chinese Guan Form Vase

Boxy blue vase with square handles and a wide, flat-edged lip.

This guan form vase from Nanyang, Henan Province is from Nanyang, Henan Province, China, and is contemporary. It is egg shell & nanyang porcelain. Eggshell porcelain is made by throwing and trimming the clay very thin so that the finished vessel is light and can be slightly translucent. Broad faceted vase with a squared mouth, two small angular handles on the sides and a tapering body ending in a stepped foot. The pale blue glaze shows a dense web of crackle and a few darker flecks. It is 3.5 inches wide, 2.5 deep and 4.25 high.

Broad-shouldered, softly colored and quite sure of itself.