Lot 96. A pair of 'Jizhou'-type 'tortoiseshell' vases, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368). Height of taller 6 1/8  in., 15.6 cm. Estimate 5,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot Sold 17,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

each of baluster form rising from a slightly splayed foot to a slender waisted neck and flared mouth, covered with a lustrous persimmon glaze with tan spots over swathes dappled with dark brown, the glaze stopping above the base to reveal the brown clay body (2).

Provenance: Collection of Benjamin Shepps, Florida (according to label).
Weisbrod Chinese Art, New York.