Lot 1150. A Northern white-ware lobed jar, Northern Song dynasty (AD 960-1127); 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The sides are divided into seven lobes below a short neck and flared, rolled rim and the jar is covered overall with a clear glaze over a white slip, except for the flared, knife-trimmed foot and the base, which are covered with a white slip only, cloth box.

Note: Compare a similar but smaller (9.3 cm.) Northern white-ware lobed jar in the Francisco Capelo Collection, dated to Five Dynasties, and illustrated by Capelo et al. in Forms of pleasure: Chinese ceramics from burial to daily life, London, 2009, p. 84-5, pl. 28. 

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 14 - 15 September 2017, New York