Lot 102. A sancai-glazed jar and a cover, Tang dynasty (618-906); 23.5cm., 9 1/4 in. Estimate 8,000 — 10,000 GBP. Lot sold 17,500 GBP. © Sotheby's

the broad-shouldered baluster body rising from a flat base to a short waisted neck with everted rolled rim, brightly glazed in blue, ochre, green and cream glazes with panels of cream and ochre florets reserved on a green ground divided by narrow ochre and blue bands, the glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the pinkish-buff body, the domed cover with cream and ochre splashes on a green ground and surmounted by a lotus bud finial. 

Provenance: A Tokyo Collection, acquired in Japan prior to the 1980s.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014