Lot 79. Two white-glazed jars, Tang dynasty (618-907). Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 HKD (903 - 1,355 EUR). Lot sold 32,500 HKD (3,669 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's.

comprising a larger straw-glazed ovoid jar with a pair of loop handles modelled in the form of hares, and a smaller white-glazed jar set with four lug handles at the shoulder - 11.5 and 7.7 cm, 4 5/8  and 3 in.

Provenance: The straw-glazed jar: 
Collection of Ian Greenlees (1913-1988), until 1961. 
Sotheby's London, 21st March 1961, lot 1 (£46). 
Bluett & Sons Ltd, London, 1961 (£46).
Collection of Roger Pilkington (1928-69), from 1961 (£46).

The white-glazed jar: 
Probably Mayuyama & Co. Ltd, Tokyo, 1968. 
Probably Bluett & Sons Ltd, London, 1968 (£177).
Collection of Roger Pilkington (1928-69), from 1968 (£250).