Lot 759. A small 'Ding' ewer, Northern Song-Liao dynasty (960-1125). Height 5 7/8  in., 14.8 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 30,000  USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

with an ovoid body above a short slightly tapered foot, set with a loop handle molded as a partially bound rope, issuing from a scroll terminal and dividing into three strands each affixed to the rim with a molded leaf-shaped pendant above the curved spout, covered in a milky white glaze of grayish tone.

Note: A similar ewer in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by John G. Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, pl. 81. Another was sold in these rooms, 23rd March 2011, lot 504.

Ewer, glazed stoneware, Ding ware, China, Northern Song dynasty, 11th century. Height: 15 cm. Given by Mr Aubrey Le Blond, C.615&A-1918. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

A rare 'Ding' ewer, Liao-Song dynasty (907-1279); height 6 1/4 in., 15.9 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 122,500 USD at New York, 23rd March 2011, lot 504. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Cf. my post: A rare 'Ding' ewer, Liao-Song dynasty (907-1279) 

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