Lot 811. A rare black pottery ovoid vase, China, Liao Dynasty (AD 907-1125); 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) high. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000. Price Realized $10,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The lower body with combed texture, the mid body burnished below a crisscross border, both divided into five subtle lobes, the neck with burnished stripes separated by a median bow-string band, with a molded spoked medallion on the concave base, box.

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1988. 

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.