Lot 235. A 'Yaozhou' green-glazed lobed bottle vase, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), 15.2cm., 6in. Estimate 400-600 GBP. Lot sold 4,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

the lobed ovoid body rising from a short straight foot to an angled shoulder and tall ribbed trumpet neck with cup-shaped mouth, covered overall with an even olive-green glaze.

Exhibited: Exhibition of Chinese Art, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 404.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, cat. no. 66.

Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 288.

Sotheby's. Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork, Early Gold and Silver; Early Chinese White, Green and Black Wares, London, 14 May 2008