Lot 502. A very rare Yaozhou cylindrical box and cover, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 12,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018

The box is potted with tall, straight sides rising from an angled foot and a flat base, and the cover has straight sides below a flat top and canted shoulder. The box and cover are covered inside and out with a greyish olive-green glaze, leaving the rims and base unglazed, Japanese wood box.

Literature: Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, p. 23, no. 3. 

Exhibited: Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013.

Christie's. The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics - The Linyushanren Collection, Part III, 22 March 2018, New York