Lot 798. A teadust-glazed two-handled bottle, China, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 9 ¾ in. (25.3 cm.) high. Estimate $5,000 - $7,000. Price Realized $5,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The ovoid body and ribbed, bulbous neck joined by a pair of rope-twist handles, covered in a finely speckled brown glaze ending in an irregular line above the foot to expose the fine, buff ware, box.

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1993.

Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART IV - CHINESE WORKS OF ART: METALWORK, SCULPTURE AND EARLY CERAMICS, 20 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.