Lot 170. Two 'Jizhou' 'Prunus' bottle vases, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's.

each rising from a short rounded foot to a bulbous body surmounted by a tall slender neck and a lipped rim, covered in an opaque glaze of dark brown with prunus branches reserved in the biscuit, the underside unglazed revealing the foot of the body (2) - Height 8 3/8  in., 21.3 cm

Provenance: Private American collection, prior to 1979.

Note: See a related Jizhou vase of slightly smaller size included in the exhibition Good Fortune throughout History – An Exhibition of Black Glaze and Porcelain from Tzu-chou and Ji-chou Kilns, National Museum of History, Taipei, 2004, p. 66, pl. 33. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Works of Art, New York, 17 march 2015, 02:00 PM