Lot 710. A 'Ding' melon-form ewer, Northern Song dynasty (960-1126). Height  6 1/2  in., 16.5 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 32,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the ovoid hexalobed body with a curved spout to one side below a narrow double line border and inward sloping rim, the line border repeated around the base, all surmounted by a tall 'woven rope' upright loop handle emerging from a sprig-molded floral applique and terminating in three straps, each issuing from further foliate appliques, all covered in a lustrous milky-white glaze .

Provenance: Paul Mallon, Paris (according to label).
Collection of Russell M. Tyson (1867-1963).
Bequest to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in 1964 (acc. no. 1964.826)

Sotheby's.  Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 september 2019