A RARE QINGBAI ‘GRANARY’ VESSEL, SOUTHERN SONG TO YUAN DYNASTY China, 1127-1368. The bulbous body of this rare funerary grain storage vessel rises from a spreading foot to a domed top with a prominent bud finial. The front with a rectangular aperture surrounded by applied strap work, covered in a thin and finely crackled straw glaze stopping unevenly above the foot, revealing the buff ware.

Provenance: From a private collection in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, by repute acquired at a local estate sale.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, small losses to strap work on the cover and around the opening, significant glaze flakes to some areas, one side with prominent soil encrustation. Presents well and overall commensurate with age.

Weight: 2,290 g
Dimensions: Height 33 cm

Literature comparison: Chinese Ceramics Song-Yuan, Taipei 1997, p. 388. Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong 1994, no. 96, p. 229.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related Longquan shrine at Christie’s New York on March 22, 2019, in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, lot 1618, sold for USD 18,750. Compare also a related Qingbai-type model of a granary and cover, also dated Southern Song to Yuan dynasty and with a similar bud finial, at Christie’s New York in The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part IV - Chinese Works of Art: Metalwork, Sculpture and Early Ceramics on 20 March 2015, lot 839, sold for USD 37,500. 南宋至元罕見青白釉糧倉 中國，1127-1368年。極爲少見的喪葬糧食儲存器皿，球根狀體，底足外撇，圓頂。 正面有一個矩形孔，周圍可見飾帶，全身覆蓋著一層薄薄且開片的褐色釉，底足露胎。

來源：美國亞利桑那州鳳凰城私人收藏，據説購於當地遺產轉賣。
品相： 品相良好，有輕微的磨損和燒製缺陷，蓋子和開口周圍的裝飾帶有小缺損，一些區域有明顯的釉面剝落，一側有明顯的土壤結殼。 狀況很好，整體上與年齡相稱。

重量：2,290 克
尺寸：高33 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件相似的龍泉龕見紐約佳士得2019年3月22日 Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art lot 1618, 售價USD 18,750. 同樣是南宋至元的青白釉糧倉見紐約佳士得 The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part IV - Chinese Works of Art: Metalwork, Sculpture and Early Ceramics 于2015年3月 20日 lot 839, 售價USD 37,500。