Yuan-style ‘Dingyao’ glazed ceramic vase

This ceramic is modelled and covered with a beautiful cream-coloured ‘Dingyao’-style glaze. It has a stylised body with a circular base, curved profile and broad shoulders, which narrow at the neck to form a flaring mouth.  On either side of the neck are decorative ears in the form of a large coiled spiral. The belly shows engraved decorations of horizontal borders decorated with petals and fine flowering branches. 

Height: 29.7 cm; Mouth diameter: 9.4 cm; Base diameter: 7.7 cm