Lot 820. A small Cizhou sgraffiato jar, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 4 3/8 in. (11.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 7,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.

The jar has a waisted neck rising to a slightly flared rim, and the exterior is carved through an ivory-toned slip to the pale grey ground with a broad band of leafy floral scroll, beneath a band of leaf lappets on the canted shoulder, and above leafy scroll on the tapering lower body, all under a clear glaze. The interior is similarly covered with a creamy white slip, Japanese wood box.

Japanese wood box.

Christie's. Masterpieces of Cizhou Ware: The Linyushanren Collection Part IV, New York, 13 September 2018