Lot 93. A 'Fahua'-type jar, Ming dynasty, 16th century; height 12 7/8 in., 32.7 cm. Estimate 7,000 — 9,000 USD. Lot Sold 27,500 USD. photo Sotheby's 2011

exaggerately potted of baluster form, with high swelling shoulders tapering sharply to a narrow splayed foot, surmounted by a short neck everting to a lipped rim, applied evenly with a rich blue glaze falling neatly above the foot.