Lot 815. A rare large painted Cizhou truncated meiping, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) high. Estimate USD 60,000 - USD 80,000. Price realised USD 75,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.

The vase has a rounded, tapering body below a slightly waisted neck that rises to a lipped rim, and is painted in blackish-brown slip with three blossoming floral sprigs, all under a clear glaze. The foot ring is unglazed exposing the grey body, Japanese wood box.

Japanese wood box.

Provenance: Kochukyo, Tokyo.

Literature: Kochukyo, Soji (Song Ceramics), Tokyo, 1998, no. 25.
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp. 142-3, no. 59.

Exhibited: Kochukyo, Soji (Song Ceramics), Tokyo, 2-4 October 1998.
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22-27 November 2012; New York, 15-20 March 2013; London, 10-14 May 2013.