Lot 77. A rare black pottery cup, Song-Yuan dynasty. Length 4 3/8  in., 11.1 cm. Estimation 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's

well-potted, the shallow, rounded sides terminating in a narrow lipped rim and set to one side with a finely articulated makara-head form handle, supported on short tapered foot ring. 

Note: Similar examples of this form are found in other materials such as the gold cup in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold andSilver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Sweden: Nordisk Rotogravyr, 1953, no. 53A, pp. 110 and 111. A jade example is illustrated in Jadeware: Volume II - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Hong Kong, 1995, no. 113, p. 137.

The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of Oxford Authentication Ltd., thermoluminescence test, no. C109q36.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 17 sept. 2013 - http://www.sothebys.com