A Yue-type stoneware jar, China, Six Dynasties period, 6th century AD. Estimate USD 2,000 - 3,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The rounded shoulder incised with a band of overlapping petals and applied with four pairs of faceted lug handles, the neck encircled by two flange collars, and the cup-shaped mouth flanked by a pair of small loops, covered with a glaze of greyish-green color - 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) high, box

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1988.

Property from the Private Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth

Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH VOLUME VII: CHINESE WORKS OF ART ONLINE