Lot 3284. A rare Cizhou carved bottle vase, yuhuchunping, Jin dynasty (1127-1234); 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 400,000. Price Realized HKD 875,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013

The vase has an elegant pear-shaped body rising to a slender neck before a flared mouth. It is carved through the thick brown glaze to the buff-coloured body with a broad band of stylised leaves growing on an undulating stem and set below a similarly decorated smaller band on the lower neck.