sturdily potted with rounded sides rising steeply from a knife-pared foot, a subtle groove just below the metal-rimmed mouth, coated allover with a thick black glaze suffused with silvery streaks draining down the sides and flecked with gilt near the rim, the glaze pooling unevenly above the foot to reveal a dark brown biscuit body, together with a 19th century Japanese red-lacquered cup stand skirted with a foliate tray and later-added gilt and splashes, two Japanese wood boxes (6).

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