Lot 21. A Northern black ware lotus bud-form jar, Northern Song-Jin dynasty; 11.1 cm, 4 3/8  in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP (12,771 - 19,157EUR EUR). Lot sold 27,500 GBP (34,829 EUR). Photo Sotheby's.

the rounded sides rising from a flared shallow foot to an incurved rim, the interior and exterior covered with a finely mottled dark olive-brown matte glaze stopping neatly above the foot to expose a purplish-brown wash that covers the lower half of the body, foot and base.

Provenance: Warren E. Cox, New York, 1966.

Exhibitions: Exhibition of Chinese Arts, C.T. Loo & Co., New York, 1941, cat. no. 604.
The Art of China and Japan, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, 1977, cat. no. 44a.
Heaven and Earth Seen Within - Song Ceramics from the Robert Barron Collection, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, 2000, cat. no. 36

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art Londres, 11 mai 2016, 10:00 AM