Lot 237, A large green-glazed amphora, Tang dynasty. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

the ovoid body rising to a tall waisted neck collared by five concentric rings, supporting a cupped mouth with a rolled lip rim, the broad shoulders set with a pair of dragon handles rising from the shoulders and biting the rim of the vessel, the upper portion dipped in a very pale yellow-celadon glaze pooling in the recesses, Japanese wood box (3). Height 20 3/8  in., 51.7 cm

Property from a Japanese private collection

Provenance: Manno Art Museum, Osaka. 

Note: Amphora of this large size are relatively rare. Compare two amphora of comparable size from the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, included in the exhibition Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum, 1952, cat. nos 85 and 86.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 16 Mar 2016, 10:00 AM