Lot 79. A white-glazed pear-shaped vase, Northern Song Dynasty; 18.7cm (7 3/8in) high (2). Estimate £500 - 1,000 (€610 - 1,200). Sold for £ 6,250 (€ 7,147). Photo Bonhams.

The rounded body rising from a short straight foot to a tapering shoulder culminating in a horizontal raised line, all below a slender trumpet neck. 

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 14 May 2008, lot 247; collection of C. T. Loo, Paris.

Exhibited: Kunst Industri Museet, Copenhagen, 1950, cat. no. 280; The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. no. 188; Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1971, cat. no. 75, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.

Bonhams. ASIAN ART, London, Knightsbridge, 12 May 2014 - http://www.bonhams.com/