Lot 78. A black-glazed painted jar, Jin dynasty, 13th century. Height 8 in., 20.2 cm. Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold 15,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's

of ovoid form, the full rounded shoulders tapering towards the foot, the shoulders painted in bold brush strokes with four stylized leafy sprays in iron-brown against a black ground, the short neck with a flange below the lipped rim, the base with a recessed circle in the center covered with a thin brownish black glaze and the footrim unglazed.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 17 Sep 2013