A Chinese Guanyao planter Southern Song dynasty shards within a modern reconstructed matrix Of flared form with an everted, crimped lip, a similar crimped band at the shoulder, the body tapering to the tall circular foot; the shards with a thick crackled grey-green glaze, revealing the dark body at the edge of the foot. H: 5 1/2, Dia: 8 3/4 in. PROVENANCE: Acquired by the present owner in Hangzhou, China, circa 2003 NOTE: See Deng Heying et al Nan Song Guan Yao "The Southern Song Dynasty Official Kilns", Zhejiang Sheying, 2009, #146 and #147 for images of related reconstructed vessels from the site of the Southern Song dynasty Imperial ancestral temple and kiln site.