A LARGE CIZHOU BLACK-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE, YUHUCHUN PING, YUAN DYNASTYChina, 1279-1368. The pear-shaped body supported on a short spreading foot and rising to a waisted neck with a broad everted rim, the exterior and interior covered in a thick lustrous black glaze attractively pooling above the foot, the base carved with a recessed circle.Provenance: From the estate of Anthony Powell, London, United Kingdom, and thence by descent. Anthony Powell (1935-2021) was a British costume designer who brought deep research to his work in both theater and film. His costume designs for John Gielgud's production of The School for Scandal (1963) earned him a Tony Award. Powell collaborated on movies with Steven Spielberg and Roman Polanski and won three Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, including 1978’s Death on the Nile. He was an avid collector of fabrics and trimmings as well as Chinese, Indian, and Southeast Asian works of art.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, traces of use, and some expected firing flaws, few small chips to foot, minor fritting to rim.Weight: 4,478 gDimensions: Height 38 cmAuction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby’s New York, 11 September 2012, lot 124Estimate: USD 8,000 or approx.EUR 9,800 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A black-glazed vase (yuhuchunping), Yuan dynastyExpert remark:pare the closely related form and black glaze. Note the smaller size (32.3 cm).元代磁州窯黑釉玉壺春瓶中國，1279-1368年。敞口外撇，束頸，削肩，腹下斂，圈足略外撇。通體覆蓋著一層厚厚的黑釉，自然匯集在足部上方，平底有一個凹陷的圓圈。