Lot 793. A Yueyao compressed jar, China, 6th century 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000. Price Realized $9,375. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

With compressed body and short, waisted neck rising to the wide, upright mouth rim, covered inside and out with a crackled greyish-green glaze, box.

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1987.

Notes: Compare the two similar jars, described as spittoons, and dated to the Southern Dynasties, illustrated by Zhang Bai in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, vol. 9, Beijing, 2008, no. 90.

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.