A ‘Ding’ jar, Song dynasty. Photo Sotheby's

the globular body rising from a short foot to a wide cylindrical neck, set at the shoulder with four curved struts with notched edges, covered in an ivory-white glaze stopping neatly at the foot - 9.5cm., 3 ¾ in. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014 - www.sothebys.com