Lot 603. A painted 'Cizhou' jar, Song dynasty;  width 18 cm., 7 1/8  in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 HKD (1,800 - 2,400 EUR). Lot sold 18,750 HKD (2,193 EUR). Photo Sotheby's.

well potted with a compressed globular body and wide rim, set with two loop handles, applied with a white slip stopping well above the foot and exposing the light grey stoneware, the upper portion of the body covered with a crackled creamy white glaze and painted with four sprays of foliage in black, the interior glazed in dark brown.

Provenance: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 28th November 1979, lot 73.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art. Hong Kong, 01 Jun 2015, 03:15 PM