A russet-splashed black-glazed bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's

the straight sides rising from an angled base with knife-pared footrim, covered overall with a lustrous black glaze with varying size russet stripes. Diameter 3 3/8  in., 8.6 cm

Note: mpare a similar bowl of this shape dated Northern Song or Jin Dynasty illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, pl. 467. See also a bowl sold Christie's New York, 15th October 2001, lot 442..

Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 19 sept. 2015