Lot 826. A rare Junyao ewer, China, Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century;  11 7/8 (30.2 cm.) high. Estimate $30,000 - $50,000. Price Realized $221,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The tall, waisted neck rising from the canted shoulder to the flared rim flanked by the curved spout and the ribbed handle, covered with a milky blue glaze thinning to a lavender hue on the upper body and inside of the neck, and thinning to mushroom color on the edges, box

The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York

Note: Compare the very similar ewer of this rare form illustrated in Zhongguo wenwu jinghua daxidian - taoci juan, Shanghai, 2002, p. 275, no. 352. 

Oxford thermoluminescence test no. P114n34 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART IV - CHINESE WORKS OF ART: METALWORK, SCULPTURE AND EARLY CERAMICS, 20 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.