Chinese Fine Guan-Type 'Bamboo Neck' Vase. Of octagonal form with a compressed globular body rising from a spreading foot to a tall tapering neck with a wide flared mouth rim, the body and neck encircled with raised bands simulating bamboo, covered overall with a pale bluish-green glaze suffused with mottled dark iron wire crackles, the base incised with a poem, and the rim bound in a metal band. {Height 12 inches (30.4 cm)}. Condition: Some manufacturing defects to the glaze, and oxidation to the metal rim.