Lot 94. A Cizhou black-glazed truncated meiping, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 7 3/4 in. (19.8 cm.) high. Estimate HK$30,000 – HK$50,000 ($3,887 - $6,478). Price realised HKD 47,500. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

The vase is potted with a narrow countersunk base rising to broad rounded shoulders and a columnar neck underneath an everted galleried rim, covered inside and out with a glossy dark brown glaze thinning to mushroom at the rims, with the exception of the foot and part of the base revealing the pale grey buff body, box.

Provenance: A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1990s

CHRISTIE'S. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 5 April 2016, Hong Kong