Lot 1493. A Cizhou-type brown slip-painted vase, yuhuchunping,Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 11½ in. (29.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 22,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013

The pear-shaped body is painted in brown with three foliate sprays arranged diagonally between line borders on a white slip ground and under a clear glaze that falls short of the spreading, unglazed foot.

Exhibited: Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, 1987.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 19 - 20 Septembe 2013