Lot 258, A ribbed brown-glazed jar, Northern Song-Jin Dynasty. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's

the compressed globular body with short straight neck and wide mouth, set to the shoulders with four X-pattern slip-decorated strap handles, the sides applied in white slip with eight clusters of three vertical ribs under a rich brownish-black glaze stopping neatly above the short foot. Length 6 in., 15.2 cm

Provenance: Collection of Carl Kempe, Sweden.
J.J. Lally & Co., New York.

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