Lot 512. A celadon crackle-glazed waterpot and a cinnabar guri lacquer tray, Ming dynasty; Japanese wood boxes, 7.7 and 16 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold: 252,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's

Provenance: A Japanese private collection.

Literature: waterpot: Nihon Bijutsu Kougei [Japanese Arts and Crafts], December 1950.

Exhibited: waterpot: Nihon Touji Kyoukai Shadan Houjin Kinen Chugoku Seiji Ten [Chinese Celadon Exhibition, The Japanese Ceramic Society], Tokyo, 1950, cat. no. 90.

Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021