Lot 1965. A rare sancai-glazed pottery amphora, Tang dynasty (618-907), 14 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 27,500 © Christie's Images Ltd 2011

Elegantly potted with tapering ovoid body, slender waisted neck, and a pair of curved double-strap handles applied with bosses and terminating in dragon heads that bite the dish-shaped mouth, all splash-glazed in green, amber and clear glaze that also covers the high, rounded shoulder and ends in an irregular line on the fine-grained buff body, Japanese wood box. 

Provenance: Private collection, Japan, acquired in the late 19th/early 20th century.
Hirota Fukosai, founder of Kochukyo, Japan  

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Parts I & II), 22 - 23 March 2012, New York