Lot 3227. A large 'Cizhou' white-ground black-painted 'floral' jar, Yuan–Ming dynasty, 32.3 cm, 12 5/8  in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's.

sturdily potted with a robust ovoid body rising from a short spreading foot to a gently tapering neck and lipped mouthrim, the exterior freely painted in black over the even white slip with a dense frieze of four lobed cartouches, each enclosing a large blooming floral blossom wreathed by foliage, interrupted by scrolling motifs and a flower, above a striated band encircling the foot, all below two bands detailed with stylised fish-shaped motifs and classic scrollwork, the interior glazed black and splashed with russet

Provenance: Tony Omura, Hong Kong, 22nd January 2000.

Note: Compare a Yuan dynasty Cizhou jar of this type from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, exhibited at 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987, and sold at Christie's New York, 14th September 2009, lot 81.

Sotheby's. Song Ceramics from a Distinguished Private Collector, Hong Kong, 05 Apr 2017