STRAW-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE
TANG DYNASTY
唐 白釉盤口橄欖瓶heavily potted with an oval body on a short flared foot surmounted by a galleried mouth, the creamy glaze with slight pale celadon tinge covered the body stopped inconsistently above the foot revealing buff body
30.7cm high
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley (1937-2023), Edinburgh. Acquired from Bluett & Sons Ltd., 1969 (according to collector's inventory). Dr. Lawley's inventory number: Cer.39.Dr Lawley was a chemical physicist in The School of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, he collected Asian Art all his life and his large collection was sold at this saleroom on 3 November 2023, lot 1-95. 
A comparable but smaller oviform vase with a dish-shaped mouth, Tang dynasty, is illustrated in the catalogue of The George de Menasce Collection Part One, 1971, London: Spink & Son Ltd, pl. 21. The same vase was exhibited in the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1955, No. 192. Also compare to two smaller jars, in a more squatted form, one of straw-glazed and the other white-glazed, are illustrated in Regina Krahl, 2000, Yuegutang: A Collection of Chinese Ceramics in Berlin, Berlin: G + H Verlag, pls. 84 & 86.Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價