the conical sides rising from a short, straight foot and turning outward to an everted rim, bathed in an ebony-colored glaze and splashed to the interior with russet, the copper-toned spots coalescing in greater concentration around the rim, the footring unglazed revealing the buff-colored body, Japanese wood box (3).

Provenance: Collection of R.F.A. 'Jimmy' Riesco (1877-1964), coll. no. 62.
Sotheby's London, 11th December 1984, lot 174.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 12 sept. 2018, 10:30 AM