Lot 106. A russet-painted black-glazed vase, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Height 9 ⅜ in., 23.9 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold: 5,040 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

of ovoid form, the well rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a short neck set with a flange below the lipped rim, freely painted around the body with russet brushstrokes forming stylized abstract foliate motifs, all against a glossy black glaze stopping above the foot to reveal the buff-colored stoneware body.

Property from a Boston Private Collection.

Provenance: Alberts-Langdon, Inc., Boston, 2002.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 17 march 2021