Lot 953. A very rare Yaozhou moon-white glazed vase, Jin dynasty (1115-1234), 29.1 cm high. Price realised HKD$7,686,000 (Estimate: HK$800,000 - 1,200,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2025.

Literature: The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Osaka, 1997, Catalogue, no. 103
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Soji -Shinpin to Yobareta Yakimono, Osaka, 1999, Catalogue, no.17

Exhibited: The Hagi Uragami Museum, The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Hagi, 25 October - 21 December 1997
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Osaka, 10 January - 22 Febrary 1998, no. 103
The Aichi Prefectural Ceramics Museum, The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Seto, 4 April - 10 May 1998
Tobu Museum of Art, Soji -Shinpin to Yobareta Yakimono, Tokyo, 6 March 1999 - 13 April 1999
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Soji -Shinpin to Yobareta Yakimono, Osaka, 25 April - 13 June 1999. no. 17
The Hagi Uragami Museum, Soji -Shinpin to Yobareta Yakimono, Hagi, 20 June - 15 August 1999

Note: The elegant pear-shaped body tapers to a tall, slender neck rising to a slightly flared mouth, the base rounded into a short ring foot, covered overall with a clear, soft moon-white glaze.

Compare with a very similar vase from Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Gordon, illustrated in J. J. Lally, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Gordon, New York, 2009, no.14; and another moon-white glazed one published in Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994, pp.220-221, no.92; and one covered in white glaze, in the Idemitsu Museum, published in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl.84.