Lot 2804. An important Qingbai lobed ewer, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 9. 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000. Price realised HKD 2,125,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.

The body is potted with eight vertical lobes that rise to incised horizontal bands at the base of the trumpet neck, above a straight ring foot. It is applied with a strap handle attached on top with a small loop. It is covered overall with a transparent crackled glaze of creamy white tone with the exception of the base, revealing the white body, Japanese wood box.

Provenance: Former collection of Hozumi Shigetaka (1893-1959), a Japanese lawyer active in the early 20th century.

Exhibited: Tokyo National Museum, Art of Song – Yuan dynasty, Tokyo, 1961, catalogue no. 235  
Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi, Sosogu Utsuwa, 1986, catalogue no. 83.