Lot 939. A straw-glazed amphora, Tang dynasty (618-907). Height 17 1/2  in., 44.5 cm. Estimate 800 — 1,200 USD. Lot sold 5,000 USD. © Sotheyby's

the tall ovoid body rising to a waisted neck supporting a cupped mouth with a rolled lip rim, the broad shoulders set with a pair of dragon handles springing up from the shoulders and biting the rim of the vessel, the upper portion dipped in a pale straw-white glaze pooling in the recesses and stopping short of the unglazed base.

Exhibited: A Walk into China's Past, Art Center of Battle Creek, Michigan, 1976, cat. no. 38.