Scientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence report issued by Daybreak Nuclear and Medical Systems, Inc., Guilford, Connecticut, USA, dated 12 September 1990, based on sample number 363A227, sets the firing date of one sample taken between 760 and 1020 years ago. A copy of the report accompanies this lot.

China, 907-1125. The elongated ovoid body rising to a tall flared rim, decorated with incised lines around the shoulder as well as the base and mid-section of the waisted neck, covered with a lustrous amber glaze pooling in the recesses and falling to an irregular line above the unglazed base and foot.

Provenance: The base with an old label, ‘Liao Dynasty 907-1125 AD’. From the collection of Joseph Rondina (1927-2022), who was born into a first-generation Florentine-American family in Auburn, upstate New York. Returning to the U.S. after being stationed in Berlin at the end of the Second World War, he studied at the Whitman School of Design before opening Joseph Rondina Antiques on Madison Avenue in Manhattan’s Upper East Side in 1957. In the beginning, his interests focused primarily on European 18th-century decorative arts and furniture, over time developing to include Chinese, Korean, Indian, Thai, Cambodian, Persian and Japanese art, bringing a more esoteric and exotic style to the market. His clientele included stars of the stage and screen, royalty, notables, dignitaries, and denizens of the social register from the United States and abroad.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, including three spur marks to the rim, the base with minor chips, the interior of the foot drilled with a hole from sample-taking. The vase is slightly leaning.

Weight: 1,126 g
Dimensions: Height 36.4 cm

Literature comparison:
The attenuated tall form is a classic Liao shape. This type is generally monochromatic with either an amber or a green glaze. Similar examples are known from Liao burial sites in Liaoning province and Inner Mongolia illustrated in Liaoci Xuanji, A Collection of Liao Tomb Relics of the Liao Dynasty, Beijing, 1961, pl. 345, and another is illustrated in Li Zhi Yan, The Art of Glazed Pottery of China, Hong Kong, 1989, no 239. Green-glazed examples of this form are found in two museum collections, The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, object number B60P1103, illustrated in He Li, Chinese Ceramics, London, 1996, p. 146, no. 208 and in The Boston Museum of Fine Arts accession number 50.891, illustrated in The Charles B. Hoyt Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, vol. II, Boston, 1972, no. 4.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 17 March 2015, lot 13
Estimate: USD 5,000 or approx. EUR 5,700 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An amber-glazed pottery vase, Liao dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, incised lines, and amber glaze. Note the related size (35 cm).



遼代褐色釉弦紋瓶
中國，907-1125年。瓶口外撇，細長頸，肩部、頸部和腹部飾有弦紋，覆蓋著褐色釉，底座和足部未上釉。

科學檢測報告：美國康涅狄格州Nuclear and Medical Systems，Inc 1990年9月12日出具的熱釋光測試報告，樣本號 363A227，確認此瓶為760-1020年前製作。隨附報告複印本。

來源：底部老標籤 ‘Liao Dynasty 907-1125 AD’。Joseph Rondina (1927-2022年) 私人收藏。Joseph Rondina (1927-2022年) 出生於紐約州北部奧本的第一代佛羅倫薩美國人家庭。第二次世界大戰結束後駐紮在柏林，後回到美國。之後他在惠特曼設計學院學習，於 1957 年在曼哈頓上東區的麥迪遜大街開設了 Joseph Rondina 古董店。一開始，他的興趣主要集中在歐洲十八世紀的裝飾藝術和家具。隨著時間的推移，他開始收集印度、中國、韓國和日本的藝術。他的客戶包括來自美國和國外的銀幕明星、皇室成員、名人、政要和社會名流。
品相：狀況極好，有輕微磨損、製造瑕疵，邊緣有三個刺痕，底部有輕微缺口，足內部有取樣孔。瓶微微傾斜。

重量：1,126 克
尺寸：高 36.4 厘米

文獻比較：
高長頸的外形是經典的遼代瓶。此種瓶形大多施褐色釉或綠釉。相似的例子出土於遼寧省和內蒙古的遼代墓葬群，見Liaoci Xuanji，《A Collection of Liao Tomb Relics of the Liao Dynasty》，北京，1961年，圖345，and another 見Li Zhi Yan，《The Art of Glazed Pottery of China》，香港，1989年，編號239。兩件相似外形的綠釉瓶，收一件收藏於舊金山亞洲藝術博物館，館藏編號B60P1103，見He Li，《Chinese Ceramics》，倫敦，1996年，頁146，編號208 ；另一件收藏於波士頓美術館，館藏編號50.891，見《The Charles B. Hoyt Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts》，波士頓，卷II，1972，編號4。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約蘇富比，2015年3月17日，lot 13
估價：USD 5,000 （相當於今日EUR 5,700）
描述：遼褐黃釉瓶
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形，弦紋和褐釉。請注意相近的尺寸(35 厘米)。