Lot 3504. A Fine and Rare Spotted Jizhou Vase, Meiping, Southern Song Dynasty, 12th-13th Century. H 21.5cm. Estimate HKD 250,000 - 300,000 (USD 31,847 - 38,217). Lot sold HKD 2,242,000 (USD 285,564). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited.

The vase is potted in elongated ovoid body with a short neck and lipped rim set above rounded shoulders tapering to a narrow foot. The vase is covered overall with evenly spaced and well controlled dark brown 'leopard' spots left in reserve against a milky tan ground. The glaze stopped neatly before the knife-pared foot revealing a buff body.

Provenance: 1. Sotheby’s New York, 21 September 2006, lot.102
2. Private Collection (AAS no.2006.43)
3. Sotheby’s New York, 23 March 2011, lot.556
4. The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, no. SO463.