Lot 1054. A 'Cizhou' 'calligraphy' meiping, Song dynasty (960-1279). Height 13 3/4  in., 34.9 cm. Estimate $5,000 - $7,000. Sold: $23,750. © Sotheby's

the ovoid tapering body rising from a recessed base to a short narrow neck and steeply everted mouth rim, calligraphically inscribed with a couplet in dark brown on a creamy-white ground.

Provenance: Collection of Wah L. Liu, New York.

Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 18 March 2017