A small aubergine-glazed ribbed jar, Ming dynasty, 16th century.  Estimate $3,000 – $5,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015.

The rounded body is molded with narrowly spaced vertical ribs below a short neck, and covered in a mottled, aubergine glaze. 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) wide

Provenance: J. Hellner Collection, Sweden.
Michael B. Weisbrod, Inc., New York. 

Literature: L. Reidemeister, Ming Porzellane in Schwedischen Sammlungen, Berlin, 1935, pl. 4b.
B. Gyllensvärd, Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 8, Stockholm, 1982, no. 253.

Exhibited: Weisbrod: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Michael B. Weisbrod Gallery, New York, 1982.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza