Chinese Ceramic Vase

Tall, pale and long in the neck, like a heron in a cool mist.

This vase was made in porcelain in Henan Province, China, in the early 20th century. Slender bottle-shaped vases of this type are a long-standing form in Chinese ceramics. The long neck rises from a round pear-shaped body and flares at the lip, set on a short, splayed foot. The glaze is a very pale blue-white with fine crackle and soft mottling. The shape is graceful and restrained, and the pale glaze changes color slightly with the light across the day.

About 20 inches tall. A single stem looks very well in it.