Lot 301. A Yaozhou celadon carved foliate-rimmed jar, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), 4¾ in. (12 cm.) diam., box. Estimation : HKD 100,000 - 150,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Provenance: Peter Scheinman (1923-2017) Collection, New York

Note: A piece of similar form but with a carved peony design to the body and a pierced ruyi aperture to the foot, from the Linyushanren collection, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 2 December 2015, lot 2803. A slightly larger Yaozhou jar also with a carved peony decoration is in collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no. 13.195.2.

A very rare  carved Yaozhou petal-rim jar, Northern Song dynasty, 11th century, from the Linyushanren Colletion. Sold for 1,960,000 HKD at Christie's Hong Kong, 2 December 2015, lot 2803. © Christie's Images Ltd 2015

(Cf. my post A very rare carved Yaozhou petal-rim jar, Northern Song dynasty, 11th century)

Jar with Peony Scroll, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th–12th century. Stoneware with carved decoration under celadon glaze (Yaozhou ware). Diam. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm), Rogers Fund, 1913, 13.195.2 © 2000–2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christie's. Pavilion Online: Chinese Art, oct. 4 - 11, 2017