Lot 806. A Cizhou white glaze baluster vase, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.). Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 4,375. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.

The vase has a rounded upper body divided into eight lobes and a tapering lower body raised on a spreading foot and is surmounted by a trumpet neck flaring to an out-turned foliate rim. The vase is covered with a white slip under a milky, transparent glaze, Japanese wood box.

Japanese wood box.

Provenance: Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.

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